{"id":32200,"date":"2021-01-22T04:10:37","date_gmt":"2021-01-22T04:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sciencesensei.com\/?p=32200"},"modified":"2024-03-27T12:54:53","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T16:54:53","slug":"extreme-weather-phenomena-on-other-planets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.sciencesensei.com\/extreme-weather-phenomena-on-other-planets\/","title":{"rendered":"Extreme Weather Phenomena on Other Planets\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"
Seven of the eight planets in the solar system are circled by atmospheres. They also surround some of the larger moons, including Saturn’s moon Titan and even Pluto, a Kuiper Belt object. On Earth, the weather impacts all of our lives and activities. The weather is determined by the motion and state of the atmosphere. It can change hour-to-hour or day-to-day. Some people confuse weather and climate as being interchangeable. However, unlike the weather, climate refers to an area’s average conditions over a longer period. Climate doesn’t change day-to-day but rather over decades to millions of years. <\/span><\/p>\n Each planet has unique weather patterns. You may be wondering: what drives the weather?<\/em> The energy supply that powers the most weather on Venus, Earth, and Mars is light from the sun. Over the year, each planet’s regions near the equator are heated more than the poles. The atmosphere moves in response to this unequal heating, transporting the heat from warmer to cooler areas. These specific motions are reflected in the high and low-pressure weather systems that move across the middle latitudes. <\/span><\/p>\n In shorter terms, the weather is solar-powered. <\/span>Two critical influences can alter the response of an atmosphere to this heating. The first influence is gravity, which prevents the atmosphere from quickly escaping to space and forms layers within the atmosphere. The second influence is the rotation of the planet. The rotation can deflect winds. Read on to find out about some of the most extreme weather patterns on other planets. <\/span><\/p>\n