In this live-action program viewers will learn that blizzard is a dangerous winter storm that is a combination of snow and wind, resulting in low visibility. Students will come to understand that the National Weather Service defines a...

Climate change and global warming cause extreme temperature fluctuations, these are causing unusually cold winters in some regions in the US.

A recent study by researchers at the University of Reading says flights between New York and London could lengthen because of changes to meteorological conditions in the atmosphere that affect the jet stream. The study was published this...

How does sand from the Sahara Desert travel around the world? Where does it help or harm other parts of the world?<br/>
Traveling Desert Sand, Part 1

The past month was the hottest January in weather history, according to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Forecasts show that America’s winter heat wave will return after the current Great Lakes storm fizzles out.

NASA Hangout: Wildfire and Climate Change

The Arctic Ocean has been warming since decades earlier than previous observations would suggest.

Scientists used powerful computers to calculate the speed of high-altitude jet streams as long ago as 1871. They then used these computer models to come to some shocking conclusions.

Jupiter's bright Equatorial Zone swirls with dark patches, dubbed "hot spots" for their infrared glow. These holes in the ammonia clouds at the top of the atmosphere allow a glimpse into Jupiter's darker, hotter layers below. In 1995...

A British Airways Boeing 747-400 set the record for the fastest ever subsonic flight across the Atlantic on Sunday. <br/>

Climate patterns and storms on Jupiter can have striking similarities to those on Earth. One such pattern is a four-year temperature cycle in the Jovian upper atmosphere called the QQO.



This cycle has a little...

High in the sky, 60 to 65 miles above Earth's surface, winds rush through a little understood region of Earth's atmosphere at speeds of 200 to 300 miles per hour. Lower than a typical satellite's orbit, higher than where most...

New movies of Jupiter are the first to catch an invisible wave shaking up one of the giant planet's jet streams, an interaction that also takes place in Earth's atmosphere and influences the weather.<b<b<br/>r/>r/>

In this program, Bailey learns about the wind as he experiences it. With help from his magical magnifying glass, Bailey and viewers learn about the complexity of wind and air and they come to understand that air is moving all around us.

If this weather-controlling air current moves northward, the U.S. and Europe are in for centuries of nasty weather.<br/>

The heart of a nighttime thunderstorm, and new insights into how these storms form, revealed by Ed Bensman of the National Science Foundation.



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Hurricane Sandy is unusual because as it heads north it will collide with a wintery, cold front coming down from the Arctic. The collision will happen near the jetstream. The storms are expected to interact with the jet stream and...

The 3 simple ingredients of sun, air and water lead to every type of weather on Earth. The atmosphere is constantly trying to balance heat from the sun with water vapor and air to create a dynamic planet. The unique properties of the...

The orbit of Earth on a tilted axis around the sun leads to the seasons. The resulting change of angle of the sun, and length of day controls how warm we get at different times of the year. With those changes in seasons come changes in...

Climate is the average type of weather that a region has. It is defined by temperature and moisture. Proximity to oceans and large mountain ranges defines climate too, depending upon the prevailing wind. While climates change over...

Students will learn about the different layers of the atmosphere. The changes in the atmosphere are explained using examples of contemporary environmental conditions brought about by human behavior. The oxygen cycle and the carbon cycle...

From coast to coast, thousands of Canadians have had to flee their homes because of wildfires, and many more are experiencing smoky skies with potentially dangerous air quality.

Dangerously cold temperatures have set in through much of North America, prompting winter warnings from the North, down to the Prairies and across central Canada. This has sparked warnings from officials on both sides of the border about...