9 results for “weather”
Planet Earth
Weather and Climate
Weather is what the sky does today; climate is what it tends to do over decades
Article · 4 min read
Planet Earth
The Atmosphere
weather. It is heated from below by the warm ground, so it gets colder with height
Article · 4 min read
Planets & the Solar System
Jupiter
weather. The spin stretches the clouds into the stripes you can see through any small telescope
Article · 3 min read
Planets & the Solar System
The Moon
weather, so nothing erases its scars. Every impact for four billion years is still there. The highlands
Article · 4 min read
Planet Earth
Volcanoes
weather for the whole planet. Ash falls out of the air within days, but sulphur dioxide
Article · 4 min read
Animals
Mammals
weather. That takes a lot of fuel; a mouse must eat a quarter of its weight
Article · 4 min read
Planets & the Solar System
Saturn
weather Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is bigger than Mercury and the only moon in the solar
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Planets & the Solar System
Uranus and Neptune
weather. Its largest moon, Triton, is as strange as its parent. It orbits backwards, opposite to Neptune
Article · 4 min read
Space & the Universe
Space Exploration
weather, beam television and internet, guide sat-nav through the GPS system, track storms, wildfires and melting
Article · 3 min read
