Cloud seeding is based on the principle of Tor Bergeron called the Bergeron Process. Bergeron is a famous meteorologist who discovered this ingenious method through two specific properties of water; first – that water in the atmosphere does not solidify…
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Greenland’s glaciers are melting for a simple reason. Global warming is occurring. Even with much controversy surrounding the subject it is very evident that the effects of the warming is taking place. Melting of ice caps was part of Al…
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There is a close relation to saving energy and global warming. Whilst effort to find an affordable source of alternative energy is undergoing, we can all do our part to slow down the deprecating effect of climate change by making…
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Sky red in the morning, is a sailor’s sure warning; Sky red at night, is the sailor’s delight. (1831 Weather Lore) When I was little and the sun went down at night I would sometimes see a reddish tinge to…
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Environmental devastation caused by industrial pollution has been around for many centuries. Industrial pollution was largely ignored the government, and perpetrators were never really dealt with in a legal perspective. However, since the start of the industrial revolution the issue…
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It may be something that every child does at one time or another. They lie on the ground, look up and watch the clouds float by. Then comes the question that most parents dread, “How did that cloud get there?”…
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Since the cultivation of seeds early in human history, along with the domestication of animals, agriculture has formed the basis of support and stability that feeds society and allows it to progress. Once only located in climates where the soil…
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El Nino is that distracting weather pattern that throws a curve into all your well laid plans. It occurs when there is an above average Pacific Ocean sea surface temperature and conditions in the atmosphere that change where the storms…
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‘Drought’ refers to an extended period of months or years when a region experiences a deficiency in its water supply generally because of a consistently below average precipitation (rainfall) rate. Droughts are considered billion dollar weather events and are amongst…
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Most planets and some large moons have sufficient mass to generate a gravitational field capable of wrapping them in a cloud of gas we call their atmosphere. The composition of an atmosphere can vary, not only depending on the interstellar…
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