LibGuides: Environment: Natural Phenomena

Weather

Weather: Topic Page
State of the atmosphere at a given time and place with regard to temperature, air pressure (see barometer), wind, humidity, cloudiness, and precipitation.
Weather Forecasting
Prediction for changes in the weather. The forecast is based on several different types of information from several sources.

Volcano

Volcano: Topic Page
Vents or fissures in the earth's crust through which gases, molten rock, or lava , and solid fragments are discharged.

Kilauea: Hawai'i on Fire by NOVA Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupted in 2018, sending rivers of lava through communities and into the sea. Join scientists and local residents as they investigate this frightening spike in volcanic activity that turned an island paradise into an inferno.
Call Number: DVD QE523.K5 K55 2019
ISBN: 9781531709136
Publication Date: 2019
Deadliest Volcanoes by NOVA Millions of people around the world live in the shadow of active volcanoes. From Japan's Mount Fuji to the 'Sleeping Giant' submerged beneath Naples to the Yellowstone 'Supervolcano' in the United States, Nova travels with scientists who are attempting to discover how likely these volcanoes are to erupt, when it might happen, and exactly how deadly they could prove to be.
Call Number: DVD QE522.D43 2012
ISBN: 9781608835928
Publication Date: 2011
Living Volcanoes by Alex Ranken Explores the variety of activity, both human and natural, that occurs on the slopes of active volcanoes and follows biologist Jeffrey Marlow as he makes a dangerous descent into the Marum Crater, on Ambrym, Vanuatu, one of the world's most dangerous volcanoes alive today.
Call Number: DVD QE522 .L58 2019
ISBN: 9781531709761
Publication Date: 2019

Natural Phenomena

Cyclones: Topic Page
Cyclone, atmospheric pressure distribution in which there is a low central pressure relative to the surrounding pressure.
Earthquake: Topic Page
Trembling or shaking movement of the earth's surface. Most earthquakes are minor tremors.
Erosion: Topic Page
General term for the processes by which the surface of the earth is constantly being worn away.
Fog: Topic Page
Cloud that collects at the surface of the Earth, composed of water vapour that has condensed on particles of dust in the atmosphere. Cloud and fog are both caused by the air temperature falling below dew point.
Frost: Topic Page
Frost or hoarfrost, ice formed by the condensation of atmospheric water vapor on a surface when the temperature of the surface is below 32°F (0°C).
Greenhouse Effect: Topic Page
Phenomenon of the Earth's atmosphere by which solar radiation, trapped by the Earth and re-emitted from the surface as long-wave infrared radiation, is prevented from escaping by various gases (the ‘greenhouse gases’) in the air.
Hurricane: Topic Page
Tropical cyclone in which winds attain speeds greater than 74 mi (119 km) per hr.
Rain: Topic Page
Precipitation in liquid form.
Snow: Topic Page
Precipitation formed by the sublimation of water vapor into solid crystals at temperatures below freezing.
Tornado: Topic Page
Dark, funnel-shaped cloud containing violently rotating air that develops below a heavy cumulonimbus cloud mass and extends toward the earth.
Tsunami: Topic Page
Series of catastrophic ocean waves generated by submarine movements, which may be caused by earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, landslides beneath the ocean, or an asteroid striking the earth. Tsunamis are also called seismic sea waves or, popularly, tidal waves.
Wind: Topic Page
Flow of air relative to the earth's surface. A wind is named according to the point of the compass from which it blows.

Environment: Natural Phenomena

Fog

Weather

Volcano

Natural Phenomena