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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). Figure 1: Average exchange of energy between the surface, 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
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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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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?
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?
Average temperature in the United States during August 2016, weather
What’s the Difference Between Weather and Climate?
Polar bear leaping among ice floes at Spitsbergen, Svalbard archipelago, Norway, the Arctic. Sea ice climate change mammal jump global warming
A Recent History of Climate Change
Flower. Fruit tree. Cherry. Cherry tree. Cherry blossom. Spring. Close-up of cherry blossoms in bloom.
The Perils of an Early Spring
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King Cobra snake in Malaysia. (reptile)
9 of the World’s Deadliest Snakes
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What Do Eggs Have to Do with Easter?
Battle of the Alamo from "Texas: An Epitome of Texas History from the Filibustering and Revolutionary Eras to the Independence of the Republic, 1897. Texas Revolution, Texas revolt, Texas independence, Texas history.
6 Wars of Independence
Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) standing on rock, side view, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
The Fastest Animals on Earth
illustration of the walking titanosaurus, Patagotitan mayorum
Titanosaurs: 8 of the World's Biggest Dinosaurs
Fish. Lionfish. Lion-fish. Turkey fish. Fire-fish. Red lionfish. Pterois volitans. Venomous fin spines. Coral reefs. Underwater. Ocean. Red lionfish swims by seaweed.
10 of the World’s Most Dangerous Fish
Titanic infographic. The 30th anniversary of its discovery is September 1, 2015. SPOTLIGHT VERSION.
Timeline of the Titanic’s Final Hours

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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).
Figure 1: Average exchange of energy between the surface, 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.
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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
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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April Showers to March’s Lions and Lambs
Iceland, Glacier lagoon (Jokulsarlon)
Winter Weather Words Quiz
Lightning over a farm field. Weather electricity thunderstorm light energy tree
Facts You Should Know: Weather 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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