Great Plains Satellite - C. Great Plains Satellite - S. West Coast Satellite - Southwest Satellite. Precipitation forms when cloud droplets or ice particles in clouds grow and combine to become so large that their fall speed exceeds the updraft speed in the cloud, and they then fall out of the cloud. If these large water drops or ice particles do not re-evaporate as they fall farther below the cloud, they reach the ground as precipitation.
Precipitation that does re-evaporate before reaching the ground is called "virga", two examples of which are shown below:.
The precipitation that results from this is called acid rain. Acid rain does not harm humans directly, but it can make lakes and streams more acidic. This harms aquatic ecosystems because plants and animals often cannot adapt to the acidity. Acid rain can be manmade or occur naturally. The audio, illustrations, photos, and videos are credited beneath the media asset, except for promotional images, which generally link to another page that contains the media credit. The Rights Holder for media is the person or group credited.
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Any interactives on this page can only be played while you are visiting our website. You cannot download interactives. The cryosphere contains the frozen parts of the planet.
It includes snow and ice on land, ice caps, glaciers, permafrost, and sea ice. As the world warms due to increasing greenhouse gases being added to the atmosphere by humans, the snow and ice are melting. At sea, this exposes more of the dark ocean below the ice, and on land, the dark vegetation below. These dark surfaces then absorb the solar radiation causing more melting. This creates a positive feedback loop, which exacerbates the impacts of climate change.
It fell on July 23, in Vivian, South Dakota. It was 8 inches in diameter, That could put a real dent in your day! Hail can cause a lot of damage to buildings, cars, and especially crops. However, freezing rain can be even worse. Freezing rain occurs when the conditions are just "right. Now, when the super-cooled rain hits colder-than-freezing ground and objects near the ground such as roads, trees, and power lines —snap!
Just like that, the about-to-freeze rain turns to ice. The ice coats everything with a thin, sometimes transparent, frozen film.
As more rain falls, the coating becomes thicker. The ice can become so thick and heavy that tree limbs snap and fall across power lines, or the power lines themselves just sag and sag until they snap. Clouds are the key element of the water cycle, since they are the transporters that move water from one place on Earth to another. The warmer the air, the more water it can hold.
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