Who founded the United Kingdom’s first national weather forecasting service in 1854?
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Robert FitzRoy
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Who founded the United Kingdom’s first national weather forecasting service in 1854?
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Robert FitzRoy
What is the name of the 1985 atmospheric discovery over Antarctica showing severe seasonal ozone loss?
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Ozone hole
Which scale ranks the intensity of earthquakes, not weather events, by observed effects and damage?
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Modified Mercalli intensity scale
What was the first tropical cyclone observed by satellite from space?
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Hurricane Esther
What climate phenomenon is the cooler, dry phase that alternates with El Niño in the tropical Pacific?
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La Niña
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Which scale ranks the intensity of earthquakes, not weather events, by observed effects and damage?
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Modified Mercalli intensity scale
What was the first tropical cyclone observed by satellite from space?
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Hurricane Esther
What instrument measures the moisture content of air?
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Hygrometer
What atmospheric layer contains nearly all of Earth's weather?
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Troposphere
What is the boundary between the troposphere and stratosphere called?
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Tropopause