A strong hurricane can spell disaster. These huge storms are the most powerful of all weather systems. Learn about how they form and the impacts they can have.
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Good air quality is critical for maintaining life on Earth. But what is air quality and why does it change?
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Earth’s climate is warming due to human activities that increase the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere - not because of the Sun. The Sun does influence Earth’s climate over longe scales of time, but not enough to account for the rapid warming of recent decades.
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Janine Aquino and Andrew Green care for science aircraft. Take a live look at aviation, atmospheric science, and more, live from NCAR’s Research Aviation Facility.
A guest post by NCAR scientist Peggy Lemone - How do you measure rain? And how accurate are the measurements?
Space weather is storms of electromagnetic and particle radiation from the Sun that are hurtling through space at close to the speed of light. Predicting space weather can help us prepare for potential damage or disruptions that may occur to infrastructure here on Earth, or to satellites orbiting above Earth.
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