What is Acid Rain?

Any form of water - liquid or solid - that falls from the atmosphere to the Earth's surface, including rain, snow, sleet,...

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

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

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

A weather front where two air masses meet but neither is strong enough to move the other, often resulting in prolonged periods...

A line on a weather map connecting points of equal atmospheric pressure, used to identify high and low-pressure systems.

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

A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These clouds consist of water droplets...

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

The reflectance rate of a surface, indicating the amount of electromagnetic radiation reflected from the surface. It depends...