What is Greenhouse Effect?

A strong, downward wind caused by a localized column of air sinking rapidly, often resulting in damage similar to that caused...

A weather system refers to the movement of warm and cold air across the globe, usually in a recurring pattern. Systems can...

A sudden electrostatic discharge during a thunderstorm between electrically charged regions of a cloud, between clouds, or...

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

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

A thin, white cloud layer that is intertwined or separate, arranged in regular order, and does not cast a shadow.

Ice forms on the surface of highways in a very thin layer that is difficult to distinguish from the color of the asphalt...

The state of the atmosphere when it contains the maximum amount of water vapor possible at a given temperature and pressure.

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

An anvil is a cloud mostly composed of ice particles. Otherwise known as a cumulonimbus cloud, an anvil has reached the stratospheric...