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• Urban Heat Islands: Why Cities Are Hotter Than Nearby Land
  An urban heat island is a city area that runs hotter than the countryside around it, mainly because dark surfaces absorb sunlight and buildings and roads store heat.
• How Hurricanes Form: The Life Cycle of a Tropical Cyclone
  Hurricanes form over warm ocean water when heat, moisture, and rotation organize a storm. Learn the ingredients, the Saffir-Simpson scale, and why storm surge kills.
• The Jet Stream
  Narrow bands of strong upper-atmosphere winds that form at temperature boundaries and steer mid-latitude weather.