As an island in the northern Atlantic Ocean, it has a mild climate and gets lots of rain. The wind blows warm, moist air from the ocean over the mountains on Ireland’s west coast. When that air meets the cooler air near the mountains, it can cause cloudy and rainy weather.

When lightning strikes, it breaks up a gas called nitrogen. The broken nitrogen then forms nitrate. The rain carries that nitrate into the soil, and the plants soak it up through their roots.

Nitrogen is an important ingredient in chlorophyll (KLAW-ruh-fil), the pigment that makes plants green!

The Emerald Isle offers a vibrant reminder of how God provides for his creation by sending rain to water the earth (Job 5:10).