where the waves can break. This is analogous to how ocean waves break on a beach, but in the atmosphere, the waves instead break in the stratosphere which can slow the polar vortex winds. There are tw ...

Although low ice extent at the end of austral summer doesn't always mean low ice extent in the coming winter, Antarctic sea ice extent did stay well below average for most of 2023. It eventually reach ...

for pollution accumulate. This stagnation occurs when there is an inversion layer in the atmosphere. An inversion layer refers to instances where the air does not cool as you move up in the atmosphere ...

reached 113°F and 111°F. The dew point temperatures (the temperatures to which the atmosphere would need to cool to trigger condensation of the water vapor in the air) were 86°F and 88°F, respectively ...

more information. An additional [link 'USGS site'] that shows watershed boundaries and aquifers in the U. S. is available Water Use visualizer: [link Suggested Citation: Dieter, C. A., Maupin, M. A. ...

for in the classroom. Discussion of the tool and underlying data is limited to a few sentences in the FAQ section, which includes references and links to the underlying datasets. Without a legend (qua ...

steps of this process include: (1) recognizing the general science and terms associated with Atmosphere-Ocean General Circulation Models (AOGCMs); (2) making AOGCMs more regionally applicable through ...

for students to model how and why greenhouse gases absorb infrared energy and thus warm the atmosphere. Students build simple models of atmospheric gases and compare their resonant frequencies. This a ...

from the Arctic, documenting changes in the physical environment—including sea ice, the atmosphere, snow, the Greenland Ice Sheet, and carbon stored and released by permafrost—and the impacts on peopl ...

Weather Service noted that conditions have not been so favorable for the spread of wildfires in this region in the past ten years. As of April 23, there are two large wildfires burning in the state. T ...