meteorology
Massive Explosions Dubbed 'The Anomaly' Help Reveal Mysteries In the Sky
Infrasound waves from munitions explosions can be used to improve the accuracy of weather reports, among many other applications.
Hurricane Categories Don’t Capture How Dangerous Florence Is
The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale only measures wind speed and nothing else.
'Bomb Cyclone' Is a Term Pulled From Deep in Meteorology Glossaries to Get Clicks
The National Weather Service says it's "solely a meteorological term" and doesn't describe the impacts of the storm.
Even Meteorologists Think Hurricane Ophelia Is Really Weird
Some Sunday forecasts for ex-hurricane Ophelia, which is now striking Ireland, didn't show its full path.
Meteorology Meets Fortune Telling at the "Weather Center for the Apocalypse"
Amelia Marzec parses the internet and religious groups to report the latest end-of-the-world news.
Why Ghana Started a Space Program
The West African nation has grand plans for space science, and they start by looking back on Earth.
We’re Halfway to Global Warming’s 'Dangerous Limit'
We're blowing past another major climate milestone. And it isn't a good one.
Behind Patricia: How Climate Change Is Fueling the Strongest Storm Ever Recorded
“It is an indicator of what the future looks like.”
A Weather Tracking Black Hole Is Helping Uncover the Mysteries of Tornadoes
"The reality is we probably truly underestimate the number of tornadoes."
Henry Piddington and the 'New Science of Cyclonology'
'A curious and beautiful' 19th-century experiment based on being thrashed by a deadly storm.
Extreme Thunderstorms Might Be Making Climate Change Worse
Scientists found a 'ram's horn' of ozone during a thunderstorm — and that could be exacerbating climate change.