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What is Acid Rain?

Cloud or rain droplets containing pollutants, such as oxides of sulfur and nitrogen, to make them acidic.

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CONQ is a meteorological abbreviation for significant convection observed in a specific area, often indicating unstable atmospheric...

Large, fluffy white clouds with flat bases, typically indicating fair weather, though they can develop into storm clouds...

A large, organized thunderstorm with a rotating updraft, often producing severe weather such as tornadoes, hail, and heavy...

The large-scale movement of air that distributes heat and moisture around the Earth, influencing weather patterns and climatic...

A bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...

An anvil is a cloud mostly composed of ice particles. Otherwise known as a cumulonimbus cloud, an anvil has reached the stratospheric...

A fixed potential temperature line on adiabats, or the process of thermodynamic changes within a system without any exchange...

A cold front is the leading edge of a cold air mass that replaces a warmer air mass. It is typically associated with sudden...

A distinct layer in a body of water where the temperature changes rapidly with depth, separating warmer surface water from...

A drainage wind that flows downhill due to gravity, often associated with cold air descending from elevated regions.