Stories by Harry Wexler

Tiros I and Tiros II have provided a broad view of the circulation of the atmosphere. Future satellites will gather even more useful information on this circulation and the earth's total heat budget

Powered by solar energy equivalent to nearly seven million atomic bombs, persistent winds weave vast three-dimensional patterns of which our daily weather charts show mere eddies

What causes ice ages? A current theory rests upon the fact that as much as 20 per cent of the sunlight received by the surface of the earth can be blocked by the dust of a volcanic explosion