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The weather can supercharge radio waves’ range

Question: What is atmospheric ducting?

Answer: Atmospheric ducting is a phenomenon that affects how radio waves travel through our atmosphere.

Radio waves are a type of electromagnetic energy that carry information as they travel by modifying certain properties of the wave, like their amplitude or frequency. In a vacuum, radio waves travel at the speed of light. In Earth’s atmosphere, radio waves travel at very nearly the speed of light.