MS-ESS2-5

Collect data to provide evidence for how the motions and complex interactions of air masses results in changes in weather conditions.

  1. Climate

    Explainer: Why a tornado forms

    Tornadoes start with a thunderstorm. But they also require other ingredients, such as instability.

    By Andrew Bridges
  2. Climate

    Explainer: El Niño and La Niña

    By Stephen Ornes
  3. Climate

    Recipe for a hurricane

    Predicting how, when, and where major storms will occur can help save lives.

    By Emily Sohn
  4. Climate

    A dire shortage of water

    Parts of the southwestern United States are in the middle of the worst drought in at least 500 years.

    By Emily Sohn
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