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30. Apr. 2015 · The man who invented the weather forecast in the 1860s faced scepticism and even mockery. But science was on his side, writes Peter Moore. One hundred and fifty years ago Admiral Robert FitzRoy,...
The weather is ultimately created by solar energy and the amount of energy received by Neptune is only about 1 ⁄ 900 of that received by Earth, yet the intensity of weather phenomena on Neptune is far greater than on Earth.
By 1849 Joseph Henry of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., was plotting daily weather maps based on telegraphic reports, and in 1869 Cleveland Abbe at the Cincinnati Observatory began to provide regular weather forecasts using data received telegraphically.
11. März 2023 · Olafur Eliasson has created a gigantic installation which in 2003 took overall space in Tate Modern, London. The artwork, a sun rising out of a mist, was bound to keep any visitor in awe. In this project named The Weather Project, the Scandinavian artist recreated the sun and the sky to occupy the Turbine Hall.
Like any good scientist, Henry developed a plan of action. First, he needed weather information from around the country. Working with fellow meteorologist James Espy and the United States Navy, he established a network of about 150 volunteer observers, a number that eventually grew to about 600.
17. Jan. 2015 · In 1901, the founder of the Weather Bureau, Cleveland Abbe, proposed that the evolution and motion of the atmosphere is governed by the principles and extremely complex equations that apply to the motion of fluids and gases.
6. Juli 2022 · In the 16th and 17th centuries, several European scientists (including Italian Galileo Galilei) developed increasingly reliable thermometers. Also around this time, Italian Evangelista Torricelli invented the barometer, which could measure atmospheric pressure.
