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What is La Niña?

A periodic cooling of sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, often leading to altered global weather patterns such as reduced rainfall in some areas and increased rainfall in others.

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The trapping of heat in the Earth's atmosphere due to greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane, which allows...

A towering cloud that often reaches great altitudes and is associated with thunderstorms, heavy rain, and sometimes severe...

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

Cloud condensation nuclei are tiny particles in the atmosphere, such as dust, salt, or pollutants, that provide surfaces...

A strong wind typically ranging from 34 to 40 knots (39 to 46 miles per hour) and often associated with rough seas and stormy...

The branch of science dealing with the laws of motion of air or other gases.

A cloud of irregular appearance, composed of irregular cloud fragments.

A condition in which the stratification of the atmosphere depends on both air temperature and pressure, and where surfaces...

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 mass of air surrounding the earth and bound to it more or less permanently by the earth's gravitational attraction.