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What's the difference between weather and climate?
clouds
What causes the seasons?
Watch a tornado form during a strong thunderstorm
See how cloud formation near a low-pressure system or ongoing tropical storm fuels a hurricane
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weather summary
Quizzes
Lightning over a farm field. Weather electricity thunderstorm light energy tree
Facts You Should Know: Weather Quiz
Umbrella colored like a rainbow sticking out above a sea of black umbrellas while it rains. (storm, weather)
Weather Words Vocabulary 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
Thunderstorm cumulonimbus clouds above Montana. weather storm thunderstorm atmospheric disturbance cumulonimbus clouds thunder and lightning Homepage blog 2011, science and technology
Clouds and Cloud Types
Archaea at Midway Geyser Basin in the Grand Prismatic Spring, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Largest hot spring in Yellowstone, third largest in the world. Temp. 147-188F Dim. 250x380 ft. Archaeon, archeon, Yellowstone Geysers, algae
How the Earth Works: A Quiz
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Lightning over the outskirts of Oradea, Rom., during the thunderstorm of August 17, 2005.
16 Questions About Earth’s Atmsophere and Weather Answered
Kansas tornado over field. (twister, strom, weather, clouds)
How Do Tornadoes Form?
Lightning over a farm field. Weather electricity thunderstorm light energy tree
Can Lightning Strike the Same Place Twice?
Flower. Fruit tree. Cherry. Cherry tree. Cherry blossom. Spring. Close-up of cherry blossoms in bloom.
The Perils of an Early Spring
Average temperature in the United States during August 2016, weather
What’s the Difference Between Weather and Climate?
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Groups of depositors in front of the closed American Union Bank, New York City. April 26, 1932. Great Depression run on bank crowd
Causes of the Great Depression
Aphrodite. Greek mythology. Sculpture. Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love and beauty.
12 Greek Gods and Goddesses
Ahura Mazda - relief of the Zoroastrian god Ahura Mazda at the ancient ruins of Persepolis in Iran. Also known as Ormazd Zoroastrianism,
Which Religion Is the Oldest?
cloning. First cloned cat. First cloned companion animal. CC (copy cat) female domestic shorthair cat (b. Dec. 22, 2001) photo Jan. 18, 2002. Cloned at Texas A&M Univ. College of Vet. Med. & Biomedical Sciences. Reproductive cloning genetics DNA cc cat
CC, The First Cloned Cat
Snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus) with its Summer coat on the left side and its winter coat on the right.
7 Animals That Turn White in Winter
Set of emoticon. Smile icon set.
What’s the Difference Between Emoji and Emoticons?
The Colosseum, Rome, Italy. Giant amphitheatre built in Rome under the Flavian emperors. (ancient architecture; architectural ruins)
New Seven Wonders of the World

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What's the difference between weather and climate?
Even in our warming world, there will be some chilly evenings.
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
clouds
How much does a cloud weigh?
Video: © American Chemical Society (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
What causes the seasons?
In many parts of the world, weather cycles through the four seasons like clockwork:...
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Watch a tornado form during a strong thunderstorm
Learn how tornadoes form, as explained by John P. Rafferty, earth and life sciences...
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
See how cloud formation near a low-pressure system or ongoing tropical storm fuels a hurricane
John P. Rafferty, earth and life sciences editor of Encyclopædia Britannica,...
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
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