Photographs and text depict different aspects of weather and how it is forecast.

An elementary field guide to things in the sky both at night and during the day.

An episode from the television program Bill Nye the science guy explores the topic of storms and atmosphere.

Explains the importance of carbon, oxygen, and nitrogen to life on Earth and outlines the processes by which these elements are naturally recycled by the Earth.

Includes discussion of why the climate may change in the future.

Rachel Carson once wrote, "It is not half so important to know as to feel." What do we know about clouds? There are three basic types: stratus, cumulus, and cirrus. Some are fleecy and fair-weathered while others portend storms. But clouds are more than pretty or ominous backdrops. They're the vehicle of water between sea and land, land and sea, in a cycle without end or beginning. They are the writing of the wind on the sky, a language all their...