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Does Gilbraltar affect the weather in its climatological/meteorological neighbourhood?
When I was in Gilbraltar a few years ago, several locals of both Spain and Gibraltar commented on the fact that the peninsula has a weather system distinct from the areas around it, and that the ...
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Does climate change mean that weather becomes more variable in addition to being warmer?
In public media the notion that climate change is more than global warming gets repeated frequently.
Are there strong predictions that show that the climate becomes more irregular? Would we expect ...
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Are there no two snow crystals alike?
I remember vividly that when i still was young, I'd examine the snow as it dropped on my winter cloths. Every time I was amazed by the nice textures I discovered. Now many years later, I'm wondering ...
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Is the coldest part of the day an hour after the sun comes up?
Popular lore states that generally the lowest temperature of any given day occurs an hour after sunrise, because it takes some time for the heat from the Sun to reach Earth. But, it only takes about ...
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Do contrails last long enough to explain chemtrails?
I often hear the claim that "chemtrails" have to exist, because normal contrails don't linger very long. Is there a definitive scientific explanation for why normal contrails sometimes do, in fact ...
