Weather

Weather is an evergreen small talk topic, and after this episode of Tangents you will be fully equipped to blow the socks off every grocery store clerk, dental technician, and next door neighbor you meet with your in-depth knowledge of wind, precipitation, and more! Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @slamschultz Hank: @hankgreenIf you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links:[Brain Storm]Falling animalshttps://www.loc.gov/everyday-mysteries/item/can-it-rain-frogs-fish-and-other-objectshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/strange-rain-why-fish-frogs-and-golf-balls-fall-skies-180956527/https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/lluvia-de-peces-the-rain-of-fishhttps://www.thelocal.no/20150416/earthworms-rain-from-sky-over-southern-norwayAutomated Weather Observing Systemshttps://www.skybrary.aero/index.php/Automated_Weather_Observing_System_(AWOS)https://www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/media/Advisory_Circular/AC_150_5220-16E.pdfCloud seedinghttps://www.technologyreview.com/2008/03/25/270084/weather-engineering-in-china/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7899086.stmhttps://web.archive.org/web/20111123025420/http://www.ceawmt.in/indian_history.htmlhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169809515000484https://www.ncm.ae/en/details.html?id=825&lid=575https://www.popsci.com/smog-cloud-seeding-thailand/https://web.archive.org/web/20161105045733/http://thainews.prd.go.th/website_en/news/news_detail/WNEVN5903040010016https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-01/ncfa-wcs012606.phphttps://journalofweathermodification.org/index.php/JWM/article/view/474https://www.weathermod-bg.eu/index_en.phphttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-fires-siberia/russia-seeds-clouds-in-siberia-to-douse-raging-wildfires-idUSKBN24B1JT[Fact Off]Tempest PrognosticatorPic here: https://www.amusingplanet.com/2019/07/tempest-prognosticator-predicting.htmlhttps://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/our-stories/cloud-watching-understanding-weather/https://www.smithjournal.com.au/blogs/science/3898-can-you-predict-the-weather-with-leecheshttps://www.theguardian.com/news/2015/apr/19/weatherwatch-forecasting-tempest-prognosticator-storm-leechhttps://interestingengineering.com/scientists-used-leaches-to-predict-the-weatherhttps://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/leeches-predict-weather-tempest-prognosticatorAMDARhttps://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2020GL088613https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02198-4https://community.wmo.int/activity-areas/aircraft-based-observations/amdar/about-amdarhttps://amdar.noaa.gov/docs/bams/[Ask the Science Couch]Acid rainhttps://www.epa.gov/acidrain/what-acid-rainhttp://butane.chem.uiuc.edu/pshapley/GenChem1/L26/3.htmlhttps://www.usgs.gov/special-topic/water-science-school/science/acid-rain-and-water?qt-science_center_objects=0#qt-science_center_objectshttps://ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/invertebrates/ocean-acidification Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.