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Meteorologists studying clouds in Europe are learning about the microphysical processes that occur naturally in clouds. This knowledge helps researchers gain new fundamental knowledge that can help improve weather and climate forecast models. Students will discover how scientists study cloud formation by generating artificial clouds in a laboratory. Scientists research how clouds originate and how they react to surrounding natural elements. They will reveal how microwave radiometers, lasers, and satellites are used in researching cloud development.
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Part of a series that features a wide variety of video footage, photographs, diagrams, graphics, and labels. For this particular video, students will focus on how clouds form and the four types of clouds: cumulus, nimbus, stratus, and cirrus. Part of the Science Video Vocab series.
Weather affects everyone's life. This program provides illuminating, live-action examples and explanations of different weather patterns around the world. Students will also learn the layers of the atmosphere and be able to explain the causes and effects of air currents and air pressure. Part of the "Way Cool Science" series.
Presents the principles of weather dynamics. Shows how weather conditions are measured, how computer models are used to predict the weather, the special role of moisture in producing weather phenomena, and finally, the impact of hazardous weather.
Part of a series that features a wide variety of video footage, photographs, diagrams, graphics, and labels. For this particular video, students will focus on what conditions must be present for a blizzard to occur. Part of the Science Video Vocab series.
Superhero Autumn Ray must stop a storm before it destroys crops and damages property. As she works to stop the storm, she also explains how storms form. She and Dr. Mother Nature also discuss the different types of clouds. Part of "The Science of Climate" series.
Here's a riddle: What can you hear and feel, but not see or hold? The wind, of course! Investigate the mystery of wind: what it is, where it comes from, how we use it, and how it shapes our lives and the world around us. Learn about good versus destructive winds, and check your knowledge with a review.
Scientists learn the basic properties of stars by analyzing the light they emit. Clarifies how brightness and luminosity are determined, discusses stellar parallax, and explains star color and characteristics. Focuses on yellow, blue, and red stars, white dwarfs, red giants, black holes, and supernovae.
They are sometimes seen as threatening funnel clouds descending from stormy skies. Others can be nearly invisible, like a ghostly spiral of wind skimming the sea surface. These eerie columns of rotating air are known as waterspouts and are commonly defined as tornadoes over water. Waterspouts usually develop over warm tropical ocean waters. Part of the "Danger Zone" series.
The temperature of the Earth is dropping, and superhero Autumn Ray must find a safe way to heat the planet. At first she thought the answer was to increase the amount of greenhouse gases, but Dr. Mother Nature tells her there has to be a safe balance of gases to regulate the temperature of the Earth. Part of "The Science of Climate" series.
In this episode, researchers reveal their findings of a cross-discipline analysis of ancient cemeteries. Their research sheds light on aspects of social organization and migration of 6th-century barbarians. Another segment discusses a new sensor based on an ancient African musical instrument that can detect adulterated and counterfeit medications. Part of the "4 Awesome Discoveries You Probably Didn't Hear About This Week" series.
Weather is the state of the atmosphere, and it refers to the day-to-day temperature and precipitation activity. The difference between air pressure, temperature, and moisture influence weather-related phenomena. Other topics covered include evaporation, relative humidity, clouds, precipitation, rain gauge, air mass, front, thunderstorm, hurricane, tornado, weather forecast, meteorologist, and satellite imagery.
Moko is an explorer. As he travels the world continent by continent, he makes many friends and discovers many natural phenomena which sometimes delight him, and other times scare him. Each animated episode recounts an adventure and takes an "original story" approach to explaining these natural phenomena. In this episode, Moko wonders why all the clouds come and cry over his village at the same time. What makes them so sad? He questions the wise old man of the village, who suggests that he wait till the end of the rainy season for the answer. Once the rains are over, Moko goes back to see the old man. The old man tells him that the answer lies in the fields and the crops. Moko sees that the rain has allowed so many things to grow, and that the village has all the food it needs. So he realizes that the clouds are not sad when it rains, but rather that they give all their water to fertilize the soil.
Saturn has twenty-one moons, and each one has its own physical composition and location. From the Kool Books series narrated by Hector Bonilla.
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) volcano seismologist, Seth Moran, describes how seismology and seismic networks are used to mitigate volcanic hazards.
What does a biogeoscientist do all day? Find out by spending the day with Britt Stephens at his office 45,000 feet above sea level.
Hurricanes are one of the most powerful and destructive forces on Earth. How do they form? The formation of a hurricane is complicated, but basically, it depends on 3 factors: warm water, moist air, and converging winds. Part of the "Danger Zone" series.
Bill Nye goes deep inside Jupiter’s mysterious Great Red Spot. First discovered over three centuries ago, this super storm is a gigantic, swirling mass of gas and clouds that is bigger than three Earths combined. NASA’s “Juno” mission hopes to reveal many of the secrets of the Great Red Spot. Part of the “Why With Nye” series.
Climate is what you expect, and weather is what you get. Climate is about long-term records, trends, and averages; weather is about day-to-day experiences. Introduces us to the basics and science of meteorology from its earliest theoretical and observational development to the invention of equipment (the thermometer, barometer, and hygrometer) that led to meteorology becoming a science.
Weather forecasting has changed from a day-to-day guess based on local observation to a scientific method dependent on global data collected accurately, in detail, and at set times. Traces the progression of forecasting from data-collection methods to regional centers for computer plotting and analysis to prediction of weather for the next five to seven days. Includes why forecasting is important.
