Dirty snow melts faster than clean.
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In 1859, the largest known geomagnetic storm struck the Caribbean, causing an aurora and telegraphs could even operate without a power source.
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Contrary to popular belief, lightning travels from the ground upwards not from the sky downwards.
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Carbon dioxide is a trace gas and by itself will produce little warming. Also, as CO2 increases, the incremental warming is less, as the effect is logarithmic so the more CO2, the less warming it produces.
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9 out of 10 lightning strike victims survive!
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Temperatures have been cooling since 2002, even as carbon dioxide has continued to rise.
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Circumhorizontal arcs (loosely known as fire rainbows) are the rarest of all naturally occurring atmospheric phenomena.
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The winter of 1932 in the US was so cold that Niagara falls froze completely solid!
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