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What's the difference between weather and climate?
See how differing amounts of solar radiation at the poles and Equator affect Earth's climate and atmosphere
season Average exchange of energy between the surface, the atmosphere, and space, as percentages of incident solar radiation (1 unit = 3.4 watts per square metre). major surface currents of the oceans Global distribution of mean annual evaporation (in centimetres). diagram of the hydrologic cycle of water
Follow water in its many forms, from glaciers and clouds to freshwater rivers and saltwater oceans
See how water transforms between liquid, ice, and vapour in the water cycle
cloud types
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climate summary
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Lightning over a farm field. Weather electricity thunderstorm light energy tree
Facts You Should Know: Weather Quiz
rain. Child in the rain, wearing a rain coat, under a yellow umbrella. April Showers weather climate rain storm water drops
April Showers to March’s Lions and Lambs
Iceland, Glacier lagoon (Jokulsarlon)
Winter Weather Words Quiz
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High-oblique view of the extra-tropical unnamed cyclone that merged with Hurricane Earl is featured in this image taken by an Expedition 24 crew member on the International Space Station (Sept. 2010).
Is the Number of Hurricanes Increasing?
Brown layer of Los Angeles smog; photo taken on November 10, 2016.(California, environment, smog)
What's the Difference Between Global Warming and Climate Change?
Average temperature in the United States during August 2016, weather
What’s the Difference Between Weather and Climate?
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A Recent History of Climate Change
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Timeline of Climate Change
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What’s the Difference Between Hispanic and Latino?
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New Seven Wonders of the World
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season
Average exchange of energy between the surface, the atmosphere, and space, as percentages of incident solar radiation (1 unit = 3.4 watts per square metre).
major surface currents of the oceans
Global distribution of mean annual evaporation (in centimetres).
diagram of the hydrologic cycle of water
cloud types
cirrus fibratus clouds
Altocumulus undulatus, a cloud layer of shaded, regularly arranged rolls.
orographic lift
thunderstorm: structure
What's the difference between weather and climate?
See how differing amounts of solar radiation at the poles and Equator affect Earth's climate and atmosphere
Follow water in its many forms, from glaciers and clouds to freshwater rivers and saltwater oceans
See how water transforms between liquid, ice, and vapour in the water cycle
Examine how rapid warm-air updrafts form cumulonimbus thunderclouds that produce heavy rains and lightning
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Abbot, Charles Greeley
Charles Greeley Abbot
American astrophysicist
Frank Hall Knowlton
American paleobotanist
Ellsworth Huntington
American geographer
Eduard Brückner
Austrian geographer and climatologist

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Lightning over a farm field. Weather electricity thunderstorm light energy tree
Facts You Should Know: Weather Quiz
Iceland, Glacier lagoon (Jokulsarlon)
Winter Weather Words Quiz
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Average temperature in the United States during August 2016, weather
What’s the Difference Between Weather and Climate?
Brown layer of Los Angeles smog; photo taken on November 10, 2016.(California, environment, smog)
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