There has been much debate over the causes of excessive snow in the winter of 2009 and 2010. Much of northern European experienced a colder than average winter and many meteorologists have put this down to the El Niño phenomenon…
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The vast majority of energy in nature comes from the Sun. While the Earth itself does provide an amount of geothermal energy, everything else comes from solar radiation. How much solar radiation an individual location receives depends on a number…
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Frightening and yet fascinating thunderstorms seem eternally captivating. To understand the elements of thunder and lightning one must first begin to understand the clouds, which create this meteorological phenomena. The clouds, which always seem to grace our skies, are made…
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It is a mysterious and wondrous occurrence. It is never the same. It is a constant changing miracle. It is the first thing we see outside and it is never the same. It is the weather. The weather is random…
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The best way for getting rid of Global Warming is to change the terminologies and to restructure the economic models for combating climate problems. Global Warming is a misnomer to people as it implies everywhere will get warm and there’ll…
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British people, who suffered during the winter of 2009, would disagree that there is less snowfall now than in the past. Many areas were covered in a blanket of snow for some weeks. There was difficulty in getting food supplies into some…
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How does a Rainbow form? It’s a question that often goes through the minds of children and adults alike when they set eyes on the beauty and wonder of a rainbow….but how many of us ever actually go and find…
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Snow is white, because light rays do not penetrate the snow, and, since sunlight is pure white light, the snow, reflecting this sunlight appears white. Since snow is made up of billions of little snowflakes that all have reflective surfaces,…
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It suddenly becomes very cold, dark and ominous. The birds that were singing happily a few moments before, now as one, fall silent. There is something in the air, a smell of sulphur. Suddenly in the distance, you see a…
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Although ozone is found dispersed throughout the atmosphere, it is mostly concentrated 13 to 30 km (9 to 18 miles) above earth’s surface. This triatomic form of ozone protects the earth’s surface from the ultraviolet rays emitted from the sun….
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