Simon Lee

  The water cycle (or hydrologic cycle) describes the continuous movement of water above, below, and on the planet. Since the water cycle is in fact a “cycle”, there is no beginning…

  A snow gauge is an instrument used in meteorology to gather and measure the amount of solid precipitation (as opposed to liquid precipitation that is measured by a rain gauge) over…

  The Summer Solstice, or “Midsummer,” derived from the Latin sol (sun) and sistere (to stand still), occurs exactly when the Earth’s axial tilt is most inclined towards the sun at its…