What is Acid Rain?

A deviation from the normal or expected value in atmospheric or climatic conditions, often used in meteorology to identify...

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

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

A rapidly rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm to the ground, capable of causing significant damage.

A line of severe thunderstorms that can form along or ahead of a cold front, often producing strong winds and heavy rain.

The heating of the Earth by the sun causes daily changes in both the direction and speed of the wind. During the day, ground...

The expected rate of temperature decrease in an adiabatically rising air parcel when there is no heat exchange with the environment....

Jet streams are strong, fast-flowing air currents in the upper levels of the atmosphere. They form when warm air masses meet...

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

Thermodynamic changes occurring within a system without any exchange of heat with the surroundings. In the atmosphere, changes...