A marine layer forms when warm, moist air moves over the cooler waters of the Atlantic Ocean, causing condensation and the development of low-lying clouds or fog. Winds and weather patterns can push ...

Sea fog is a type of fog that develops over the ocean (in our case, the Gulf) and then moves in over land. It takes just the right weather variables to get it to form and move in, as it often does ...

Well that warm spring like weather from earlier this week just got absolutely shut down by this cool, salty ocean air. Once the northeast breeze developed off the cold Chesapeake Bay & ...

Fog is a cheap and abundant source of fresh water, especially in remote dry regions. And it also has great potential for cities. How does fog collection work, and where it is already being used?

the fog would be only temporarily waylaid– providing valuable fresh water to people, before it’s treated and cycled back into the ocean. To demonstrate that fog harvesting would be worthwhile ...

The salty ocean air has moved into Hampton Roads and taken over with cool, cloudy and gloomy conditions. What’s a bummer, or what may make you salty about it, is that this set up takes time ...

Capturing water from fog - on a large scale - could provide some of the driest cities in the world with drinking water. This is what researchers in Chile have concluded after studying the potential of ...

Another interesting tidbit about advection fog. It doesn’t just sit still. Since it forms when winds are present, it often moves with the breeze. You may find it rolling across land and sea like a ...

Low clouds form as humid air masses moving southward from the Amazon meet cool air over the Pacific Ocean. The fog nourishes hardy desert life, including cacti and lichens and algae encrusting the ...

This week's Short Wave news roundup covers harvesting drinking water from fog, what elephant seals reveal about fish populations in the deep ocean, and why there's always room for dessert.