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Atmosphere

Clouds form when invisible water vapor in the air cools enough to form tiny droplets of liquid water.

How do artists approach the problem of sea level rise?

In this Lab and Lunch recording, historian Paul Edwards and artist Rosten Woo discuss how we use data to understand the impacts of climate change.

Find out what it takes to monitor climate change.

Listen to the haunting melody of this environmental sound installation.

Why are San Francisco summers so foggy?

This NOAA buoy gathers data on CO₂ levels, which are increasing in our oceans and affecting marine life.

Air—not water—erupts through fine powder to sculpt these roiling streams.

Use speed and air to build waves.

Launch a ring of fog.

Sky Theater reveals and celebrates unseen patterns of the daytime sky.

Explore the twinkling of stars by beaming a laser pointer over a hot plate.

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