Animation showing the monthly variation of sea ice extent in the Arctic from 2016 through 2018.
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Students match graphs showing aspects of observed climate change with statements that describe the observations.
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A blizzard isn’t just any old snowstorm. It’s extreme winter weather. Watch and learn what makes these storms special.
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The climate where you live is called regional climate. Global climate is a description of the climate of a planet as a whole, with all the regional differences averaged.
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Discover how a weather front can cause clouds and storms with rain or snow.
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The troposphere is the lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere. Most of the mass (about 75-80%) of the atmosphere is in the troposphere. Most types of clouds are found in the troposphere, and almost all weather occurs within this layer.
The amount of water vapor in the air is called humidity.
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NCAR scientist Falko Judt, talks about chaos theory, the butterfly effect, and why we will (likely) never be able to forecast the weather for more than 3 weeks into the future.