What is Acid Rain?

A periodic cooling of sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, often leading to altered global...

Meteorology is the scientific study of the atmosphere and weather processes. It involves observing, analyzing, and forecasting...

Precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps of ice that form in thunderstorm updrafts and fall to the ground.

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

Indicates the amount of water the soil can absorb/retain through percolation. This capacity is around 7% in sandy soil and...

Occurs when centers of high pressure and/or low pressure set up over a region in such a way that they prevent other weather...

A body that has the property of absorbing all electromagnetic radiation falling on it, and therefore is the theoretical body...

A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These clouds consist of water droplets...

The horizontal transport of any feature within the atmosphere due to the movement of air (wind). This includes phenomena...

Bright and dark rays with changing colors and contrast in the sky. These rays become visible due to the reflection of atmospheric...