What is Acid Rain?

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...

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

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

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

Conduction is the transfer of heat or electricity through a material without the material itself moving. This occurs when...

Frozen drizzle is a dangerous type of frozen rain. It’s a light rain that falls in very fine drops, which freezes on contact...

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

A weather front formed when a cold front overtakes a warm front, lifting the warm air off the ground and resulting in a mix...

The temperature at which air becomes saturated with moisture and water vapor begins to condense into liquid form, leading...