What is Acid Rain?

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

Glossary

A storm characterized by the presence of lightning and its acoustic effect on the Earth's atmosphere known as thunder.

A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...

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

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

The process by which a solid changes directly into a gas without first becoming a liquid, such as ice turning into water...

An image on the weather radar that is convex to the direction of movement and resembles an arc shape, caused by mesoscale...

A polar vortex is a circulating mass of air in the atmosphere, typically found in polar regions. This rotating air mass occurs...

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

A very cold high pressure that originates over the Arctic Ocean.

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