Ask Tom why: Why do they call it meteorology? What do meteors have to do with predicting the weather?
Chicago Tribune Thursday 9th February, 2012
Dear Tom,Why do they call it meteorology? What do meteors have to do with predicting the weather?—Arthur J. Bocek, Homewood Dear Arthur,The word meteorology dates back to early Greece, around 340 B.C. when Aristotle wrote his treatise "Meteorologica," which covered that era's knowledge of weather and climate along with related subjects of ge...
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