How It Works: The World's Weather

Did you know that the papaya plant has 31 genders to choose from?

Plant Love

Did you know there are flowers that never emerge above ground?

Plant Love

Did you know that avocado flowers are female one day and male the next?

Plant Love

Did you know that scientists managed to germinate a 2000-year-old seed found in a jar in the palace of Herod the Great?

The Gardener’s Guide to Weather & Climate

Did you know that the world’s driest desert is covered in ice?

Ecosystem: Deserts

Did you know it might have been climate change that sent Mongolian invaders westward into Europe in the thirteenth century?

Dangerous Weather - A Change in the Weather

Did you know that mowing and grazing make grass grow?

Biomes of the Earth - Grasslands

Did you know That Elizabeth I refused to enter London in 1578 because the air smelled so bad?

Dangerous Weather - Fog, Smog, and Poisoned Rain

Did you know that the scientist who suggested continents move was a meteorologist who died in Greenland?

Discovering the Earth - Earth Science

Did you know that the first person to enter the stratosphere went there by accident - in a balloon?

Discovering the Earth - Atmosphere

Did you know that a Prussian scientist was said to be the second most famous person in Europe - after Napoleon?

Makers of Science, vol. 2

Did you know that in Iowa it once rained unopened cans of soda?

Dangerous Weather - Tornadoes

Did you know that a typhoon once saved Japan from being invaded?

Dangerous Weather - Hurricanes

Did you know that the word “gas” began as “chaos”?

Discovering the Earth - Atmosphere

Did you know that Benjamin Franklin was the first person to place the Gulf Stream on a map?

Discovering the Earth - Oceans

Did you know that a large area of the Amazon rain forest was once farmed by people who lived in large villages?

Biomes of the Earth - Tropical Forests

Did you know that in one winter nearly 17 feet of snow fell on Buffalo, New York?

Dangerous Weather - Blizzards

Did you know that an elephant owned by King James I and VI was fed on nothing but wine?

Discovering the Earth - Animals

Did you know who invented botanical illustration and wrote the first botanical glossary?

Discovering the Earth - Plants