Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rain after a dry spell produces a particular smell and the main contributor to the smell is geosmin caused by actinobacteria, or ...

If you were wondering what that strange substance falling from the sky was Tuesday morning, it was rain. After nearly a month without measurable rainfall at Austin's weather station at Camp Mabry, ...

If you were wondering what that strange substance falling from the sky was Tuesday morning, it was rain. After nearly a month without measurable rainfall at Austin's weather station at Camp Mabry, ...

Origins -- Elemental rain. Cloudy with a chance of civilization ; Drought, deluge, and devilry ; Praying for rain -- Chance of rain. The weather watchers ; The articles of rain -- American rain.