What is Acid Rain?

Coastal flooding occurs when water from the ocean, sea, or large lakes inundates land areas along the coast, usually due...

The percentage of water vapor in the air relative to the maximum amount of water vapor the air can hold at a given temperature.

The names given to the winds blowing from the four cardinal directions (north, east, south, and west - N, E, S, W) on a compass.

The jet stream forming the boundary between tropical air and sub-tropical air, characterized by isothermal compression and...

Ice forms on the surface of highways in a very thin layer that is difficult to distinguish from the color of the asphalt...

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

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

A cloud that develops from Cirrus, completely or partially covering the sky, creating a halo effect, thin, sheet-like, milky...

Ball lightning appears during thunderstorms, taking the shape of glowing, electric orbs in the sky. It can appear in a variety...

The amount of radiation, heat, or light passing through or flowing from a unit area of a surface.