The Origins of Aristotle's Meteorology

Aristotelian meteorology was a wide-ranging science dealing with all manner of phenomena observable in the sky. Aristotle thought many such phenomena could be explained by appealing to exhalations, vapors that build up under the earth and are then released with more or less violence. Even if hail storms and comets have no natural purpose, surely they play some role in God's providential design for our world said Pietro Pompanazzi.