Weather and Climate

Rain or shine, learn how the weather works by exploring the science behind daily forecasts, weather safety, and climate change.

  • tablet with sunny weather held to stormy sky
    Weather Games and Simulations
  • Drought
    Drought Causes, Stages, and Problems
  • Icebergs near Greenland - Arctic
    A Geography and Overview of Earth's Arctic Region
  • Visualization of global winds.
    The Jet Stream
  • Types of Clouds
    The 10 Basic Types of Clouds
  • man laying on couch with clouds in the sky
    What Your Weather Dreams Are Trying to Tell You
  • Illuminated Clock On Table Against Black Background
    Understanding Zulu Time and Coordinated Universal Time
  • Close-Up Of Barometer Mounted On Wall
    How to Read a Barometer
  • Bird in Sun
    A Beginner's Guide to Understanding Ambient Air Temperature
  • Eruption of Mt. Pinatubo
    The Mount Pinatubo Eruption in the Philippines
  • Close-Up Of Barometer Mounted On Wall
    Air Pressure and How It Affects the Weather
  • Earth Atmosphere
    The 5 Layers of the Atmosphere
  • Scenic View Of Silhouette Mountains Against Orange Sky
    Weather Folklore: Mother Nature's Winter Predictions
  • Frozen wild berries in the forest
    The Origin of the Blackberry Winter
  • Cloudy day over a highway.
    What Is an Overcast Sky?
  • Snowy, misty mountains appear thickly blanketed in white
    Why Is Snow White?
  • Melting Horizons
    Is There Any Upside to Global Warming?
  • Happy Friends
    What Is Environmental Determinism?
  • Iridescence in clouds in the sky
    What Causes Rainbow-Colored Clouds in the Sky?
  • Woman on beach, closing zipper of hooded jacket.
    Which Is Better: Weatherproof or Weather-Resistant?
  • Weather vane
    9 Reasons to Become a Meteorologist
  • Clouds forming
    How Do Clouds Form? Cloud Ingredients and Formation
  • Rain clouds and rain in the Rocky Mountains over Colorado
    5 Air Masses That Determine U.S. Weather Systems
  • Girl with the umbrella in strong wind
    Why Is Wind Speed Slower Over Land than Over Ocean?
  • Different season
    Our Four Seasons: Winter, Spring, Summer, Autumn
  • Low angle view of weather vane on roof against a cloudy sky at sunset.
    A Brief History of Weather Vanes
  • Stormy Weather To Hit The UK
    Which Way Does the Wind Blow?
  • China, Shanghai, Huangpu District, Elevated
    What Is Smog?
  • North America Köppen Map
    Köppen Climate Classification System
  • Cold and Hot thermometers
    Why Do Heat Index and Wind Chill Temperatures Exist?
  • A woman with her back to camera standing alone on Bonneville Salt Flats
    Pluvial Lakes
  • People in park in autumn
    How Weather Affects Fall Colors
  • Imaginary weather map of the United States of America.
    Do You Know What a Weather Front Is?
  • Female bicyclist on a beach at sunrise
    What Is a Land Breeze?
  • Sunset after Aral Sea
    Why Is the Aral Sea Shrinking?
  • Tropical Storm Chris
    Categories of Hurricanes
  • map of atmospheric motion
    Synoptic Scale vs. Mesoscale Weather Systems
  • Red balloon floating between buildings
    Atmospheric Stability: Encouraging or Deterring Storms
  • Drops Of Rain On Glass
    Understanding the Various Temperatures of Rain Drops
  • Matterhorn against blue sky and clouds
    An Overview of the Last Global Glaciation
  • Matterhorn clouds
    The Windward Versus Leeward Side of a Mountain
  • Kelvin-Helmholtz instability clouds
    What Are the Clouds That Look Like Breaking Waves?
  • Altocumulus clouds
    Mare's Tail and MacKerel Scales in Weather Folklore
  • Woman's hair blowing in wind
    Winds and the Pressure Gradient Force
  • Cows on Field Against Sky
    Nitrogen: Gases in the Atmosphere
  • Virga Over Vegas
    What Is Virga Precipitation?
  • Heat Index Chart
    Why Do You Sweat?
  • EURYTHMICS
    Top 10 Weather Songs of the 1980s
  • Meteorologist Studying Weather Pattern on Computer Screens
    Introduction to Upper Air Charts
  • A Colorado supercell
    The Fundamentals of the Intertropical Convergence Zone
  • Large ocean swell caused by warming of surface waters in the southeastern Pacific creating the phenomenon known as El Nino, cause of severe winter weather in California, USA
    An Overview of El Nino and La Nina
  • Furnace Creek, Death Valley
    The World's Highest Recorded Temperatures
  • Tungsten toned view of a suspended balance scale
    How to Demonstrate That Air Has Mass
  • convection diagram
    Convection and Weather
  • Icebergs In Antarctica
    The Next Ice Age
  • Yacht sailing in the Southern Ocean. Australia.
    Measuring Wind Speed in Knots
  • Young girl holding an umbrella that is inside out
    Causes of Wind Gusts and Squalls
  • Factory pollution
    Atmospheric Science: What Is an Ozone Warning?
  • night-day sky
    Understanding Diurnal Temperature Range
  • sun-sky-2.jpg
    The Basics of Air Pressure
  • Machinery dumping waste in landfill
    An Overview of Municipal Waste and Landfills
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