The air would be so thin that even the best climber would have no choice but to use supplemental oxygen. Why? Because of the many factors which affect atmospheric pressure. Pioneering scientists ...

Windstorms can seem like they come out of nowhere, hitting with a sudden blast. They might be hundreds of miles long, ...

Watch this fascinating demonstration of air pressure at work. Notice how the egg vibrates as the heated air escapes around it, and how it gets smoothly pushed into the bottle by atmospheric pressure.

This also means that the pressure is lower. This is why the balloon in the freezer shrank. At higher altitudes the weight of the air particles above the climber is less and the air is thinner ...

From sweltering hot summer days to frigid winter nights, many people can experience exacerbations in respiratory symptoms of ...