More Tips From Reena

3 Wipe your hair with a fabric-softener sheet to control static electricity. Tip: Keep an extra fabric-softener sheet in your jacket pocket for this purpose, especially during dry months. 4 Drop a capful of liquid fabric softener into a litre of water to make your own lint-free cleaner for regular glass and Plexiglas. 5 Store

Oceans are water, land is not

It’s been awhile since we’ve had an official weather school lesson. We’ve been going off in a few different directions this past last month or so, but if my memory serves me correctly, the weather topic we left off with was Earth’s general energy balance. With that in mind, this week’s lesson will look at


Climate variability and Galactic Cosmic Rays

We know from research and simply everyday experience, that cloud cover can have a significant effect on temperature. I promised I would get back to our discussion about solar activity and variability of the climate here on Earth. Some people have been asking me how this fits into the weather lessons series I have been