El Nino and La Nina Articles

• Earthquakes
  Natural Disasters
  Tsunamis
  Wildfires
  Geography
  Severe Weather
   
  

  1906 San Francisco earthquake

  The San Francisco earthquake of 1906 was a major earthquake that struck San Francisco and the coast of northern California at 5:12am on Wednesday, April 18, ... > more
• Aviation
  Vehicles
  Sports Science
  Weather
  Aerospace
  Geography
   
  

  Altimeter

  An altimeter is an active instrument used to measure the altitude of an object above a fixed level. The measurement of altitude is called altimetry, which is related to the term bathymetry, the ... > more
• Severe Weather
  Storms
  Water
  Climate
  Global Warming
  Environmental Issues
   
  

  Cloud

  A cloud is a visible mass of condensed droplets or frozen crystals suspended in the atmosphere above the surface of the Earth or another planetary body. Clouds form when the invisible water vapor in ... > more
• Hurricanes and Cyclones
  Severe Weather
  Storms
  Geography
  Weather
  Environmental Policy
   
  

  Cyclone Tracy

  Cyclone Tracy was a tropical cyclone that devastated the city of Darwin, Australia, from December 24 to December 25, ... > more
• Storms
  Severe Weather
  Weather
  Environmental Science
  Geomagnetic Storms
  Tornadoes
   
  

  Thunderstorm

  A thunderstorm, or an electrical storm, is a form of weather characterized by the presence of lightning and its attendant thunder. It is usually accompanied by copious rainfall, hail, or rarely, ... > more
• Global Warming
  Climate
  Early Climate
  Ice Ages
  Fossils
  Environmental Issues
   
  

  Geologic temperature record

  This article is devoted to temperature changes in Earth's environment as determined from geologic evidence on multi-million to billion (109) year time scales. The last 3 million years have been ... > more
• Marine Biology
  Ecology
  Ecology Research
  Fish
  Invasive Species
  Sea Life
   
  

  Tide pool

  Tide pools (also tidal pools or rock pools) are rocky pools by the ocean that are filled with seawater. Tide pools can either be small and shallow or large and deep. The small ones are usually found ... > more
• Atmosphere
  Renewable Energy
  Weather
  Climate
  Severe Weather
  Environmental Science
   
  

  Hadley cell

  The major driving force of atmospheric circulation in the tropical regions is solar heating. Because of the Earth's 23.5 ° axial tilt, the sun is never more than a few tens of degrees from ... > more
• Environmental Issues
  Pollution
  Air Pollution
  Global Warming
  Atmosphere
  Earth Science
   
  

  Coriolis effect

  The Coriolis effect caused by the rotation of the Earth is responsible for the precession of a Foucault pendulum and for the direction of rotation of cyclones. In general, the effect deflects objects ... > more
• Tsunamis
  Natural Disasters
  Earthquakes
  Water
  Geography
  Volcanoes
   
  

  Megatsunami

  Megatsunami (often hyphenated as mega-tsunami, also known as iminami or "wave of purification") is an informal term used by popular media and popular science to describe a very large tsunami-like ... > more

Search ScienceDaily