What is Acid Rain?

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

The scientific study of climate, focusing on the analysis of long-term weather patterns and trends over time.

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

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

The term used for turbulence occurring in the absence of clouds or cloud-like elements in the visible area. It is often observed...

The upward movement of air caused by a topographic barrier, such as a mountain, which can lead to cloud formation and precipitation.

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

Although it is also used for light winds, it is the general name given to the daily cyclical winds that occur mostly between...

A periodic cooling of sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, often leading to altered global...

A distinct layer in a body of water where the temperature changes rapidly with depth, separating warmer surface water from...