How global warming is affecting Europe
By: Cynthia Wall
A farmer in northern Germany loses his crop to floods while one in Greece sees his disappear in a drought. Small mountain glaciers in the Alps shrink reducing the water in rivers that nourish the valleys below. Farmers outside of flood areas in northern and...
By: Ranjana Banerjee
Air is the essential source for almost all living being. It is around us above us below us in one word it is wrapping the whole planet. The Greek Philosophers once considered it as one of the four basic elements. It is not too long...
How hurricanes are named
By: Amy Jo Browne
The National Hurricane Center begins naming tropical storms in 1953. These names of hurricanes were retired within the decades since the 1950s. They caused untold damage and therefore the hurricane names were retired in history.What are the deadliest hurricanes in US History? Galveston Texas...
How tropical storms get their names
By: Amy Jo Browne
Hurricane names are something we all hear about, and if you are in their path, you feel their fury. These are tropical storms at first. As we all know, the storms grow stronger and sometimes they become a full blown hurricane.Below are all the...
Preparing for a hurricane
By: Angela Maxwell
2008 Guide To Hurricane PlanningThe following is an out of towner's guide to hurricane planning. It has been prepared for every one who does not live in the Gulf coast area or is new to the area. Every effort has been made to make a...
How weather affects our moods
By: Annette Bromley
HOW WEATHER AFFECTS OUR MOODS Does the weather affect your mood, how you feel, think, behave, your outlook on life? It sure does mine. Oh how I love a sunny day, mild, low humidity, gentle breeze, lots of sunshine. I feel perky, happy, have lots...
Proposals to stop global warming
By: Popie
Over the past century, the temperature of the air near the earth's surface has risen nearly 1 Celsius degree. That is the so called Global Warming. Some scientists are warning us that Global Warming will increase the chance of the occurring of various nature disaster...
By: Joshua Morris
Leaving seven hundred dead, 18 billion of today's dollars in damages, and striking with such speed it earned the nickname "The Long Island Express" (The History Channel Online), the category three hurricane which smashed New England September 21st, 1938, was the storm of a century...
How to survive a storm or natural disaster
By: Joshua Morris
On September 11, 2001, three thousand people died in a terrorist attack on the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center. This was a horrible infliction of destruction. While the memory of those lost should never be forgotten, an equally important question remains to be...
How lakes affect snowfalls: Lake effect snow
By: Barb Hopkins
When Mother Nature wants to whip up a batch of lake effect snow she reaches for two main ingredients, cold air and warm water. Lake effect snow is the weather condition that occurs when a mass of cold Arctic air rushes over a body of...

 

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