Often, outlining the difference between related concepts is as easy as establishing the relationship between them. The difference between weather and climate is easily understood by establishing the relationship between them. Weather refers to atmospheric conditions over a short period,…
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A low pressure area is created when there is light, warm, moist air. This air rises and as it does it expands and cools. Warm air is capable of holding a lot of moisture in the form of invisible water…
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Fake snow has been around for some time, used for sporting events where nature hasn’t been cooperative, in the movies, and even for decorating at home. It has also been created out of various materials, but basically the snow that…
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The coldest places on Earth have not only a geographical location, but a temporal one as well. That is, in their local mid-winter they will be very cold, but this does not mean that they are cold year round. For…
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The mystifying qualites of water never cease. From its unique polar molecular structure to its ability to occupy all three states of matter on the same planet, which most compounds only comprise one or two naturally, this element is responsible…
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Long before today’s technology was used to forecast the weather, people learned to how to predict storms and precipitation by simple observation. Early farmers, sailors and herdsmen knew their livelihoods and sometimes their lives depended on being able to know…
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The science of climate change is at best undecided and confused irrespective of politics driving the current genda to reduce carbon emissions. In terms of geological cycles meteorological data recorded over the last few centuries equates to almost nothing when compared with…
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Physicist Richard Feynman defined science as “what we do to keep from lying to ourselves”. It is the method humans use to explain environmentally natural and human cultural conditions as opposed to mythologies and cultural views that are not always…
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Since pure water is clear, and snow is frozen water, it might seem as though snow should be clear – not white. However, snow appears white – although on very rare occasions, it assumes other hues or appears blue when…
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There are some distinct differences between lake effect snow storms and regular winter storms. Firstly, it is very important to know why these two types of storms occur, and then it will be easier to comprehend the differences between them….
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