You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. On Monday, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released the first ...

If you’ve ever traveled abroad or heard a story about a cold blast or a heat wave hitting another country, you've likely heard the temperature in degrees Celsius. A hot day would be close to 40 ...

Before we convert temperature scales, let’s take a step back and think about what temperature is in the first place. Temperature is proportional to the average kinetic energy of the random microscopic ...

Converting temperatures from Celsius to Kelvin is important both in everyday situations and in science. The Celsius scale is commonly used and is based on the freezing point (0°C) and boiling point ...

Brrr, it’s cold outside. Or is it? Depending on where in the world you grew up, Colorado’s winter weather may feel colder or less cold compared to what your body is used to. Mid-winter in Vail, the ...

In response to my blog post Using Java Enums for Units Conversions, mr. Bear observed that another approach to implementing the enum that stores temperature scales and provides conversion ...

The world faces a significant risk of passing a crucial global warming threshold earlier than scientists had suggested, possibly as soon as 2050, a paper published Monday found. The threshold is the ...

It’s no secret that Americans have an independence streak. We don’t use the metric system. We insist on writing dates with the month before the day—something virtually no other country does. And we ...

I am typing this from the Atlanta area right now, and it’s cold. In fact, the current temperature at my house is 9 degrees F and the winds are roughly 24 mph. That means it feels like -5 degrees F ...

Last week, I had the pleasure of giving a demonstration of Fahrenheit and Celsius temperature scales to a third-grade class. My demo consisted of a tub of ice water, an electric tea kettle, a DMM, and ...