Tag: WEATHER
8 essential items to help you survive any storm
For most of us, an elaborate doomsday bunker is overkill. But, when facing down a tornado, hurricane, blizzard, or whatever Mother Nature…
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As drought looms, could this team of scientists prove cloud seeding works?
THE RESEARCHERS HAD ALREADY DONE FOUR FLIGHTS, earlier in January, before they saw the first hints of what they were looking…
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How scientists modeled a deadly tornado with an insanely powerful computer
Supercell thunderstorms are giant tempests with powerful rotating updrafts at their cores—and one out of every four or five spawn tornadoes. Most…
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How a backyard weather station works
A wet finger will tell you which way the wind blows, but most of us rely on serially inaccurate apps or spray-tanned…
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Park rangers recall their most dangerous encounters with nature
A big part of my job is simply getting familiar with the extreme terrain I patrol. So a few years…
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