When sunlight passes through our atmosphere, it encounters tiny particles and air molecules along its path. These tiny obstacles scatter the light in all directions: this is...
Fog is nothing more than a cloud that decides to linger close to the ground. For it to appear, it is enough for the air...
Water bodies such as lakes or rivers contain liquid water that naturally transforms into vapor, a phenomenon known as evaporation. The hotter it gets, the...
Volcanic lightning occurs when ash particles, rocks, and crystals expelled during an eruption collide within the volcanic plume. These repeated collisions generate an accumulation of...
When a country changes its time zone, it is often related to its geographical position. Sometimes, a territory finds itself right between two time zones. It then...
Antarctica is located at the southernmost part of our planet, right around the South Pole. This extreme position places it far from other continents, completely...
The wind is not just air flowing calmly. It constantly encounters many small random whirlwinds related to local differences in temperature or small bubbles of...
The solar wind is a fast and constant flow of charged particles sent by the Sun. It travels to Earth at speeds that can exceed...
During a snowfall, the propagation of sounds changes because the snowflakes disturb the sound waves. Each flake, very light with a porous structure, acts a...
The colors of the auroras largely depend on the composition of the gases in our atmosphere. For example, oxygen at high altitudes emits a nice...
