Weather
Griffon Vultures Depend on the Sun to Fly. Why?
The Griffon vulture is one of the largest vulture species. Because of its giant stature, it uses an immense amount of energy to take off
Chill Ways to Recycle Last Year's Snow
Let it snow!
The Swirling Storm Above Saturn’s North Pole Changed Colors
The years-long shift may be a sign of changing seasons
Dragged-Out Drought May Make for Fainter Fall Foliage
Parched conditions in New England equal milder colors
How the 2016 MacArthur Genius Award Recipient Lauren Redniss Is Rethinking Biography
The visual biographer of Marie and Pierre Curie turns to her next subject, weather, lightning and climate change
Civil War-Era Cannonballs Unearthed by Hurricane Matthew
The destructive storm dug up some old history
Major Martian Dust Storms Might Soon Envelope the Red Planet
A plus for meteorologists but perhaps bad news for rovers
Why Iceland’s Biggest City Turned Off Its Lights for One Night
Reykjavik decided to pause in the dark to witness one of Earth’s most beautiful phenomena
Record-Breaking Lightning Strikes Force Redefinition of the Thunderbolt
A 199.5-mile-long streak captured the title for world's longest and a 7.74-second blast won world's brightest
Resupply Helps Trapped Arctic Scientists Scare Off Polar Bear "Siege"
With sea ice cover at record lows, polar bear conflict with humans becomes more common
The Motorcycle That Rode the Tsunami
A Harley, washed out to sea, traveled more than 4,000 miles to its current home
The Science Behind Hawaii's Double Hurricane
Having two cyclones in the ocean is not rare, but when they get too close to each other things can get crazy
Eleven Years After Katrina, What Lessons Can We Learn Before the Next Disaster Strikes?
Author and playwright John Biguenet offers his thoughts on the narrative of destruction
IBM’s Watson Takes On Yet Another Job, as a Weather Forecaster
The integration of the supercomputer and weather stations around the world could have a huge impact on global industry
Calling All Conspiracy Theorists: Alaska's "Mind-Control Lab" Is Hosting an Open House
Depending on who you ask, HAARP can control minds, weather, and even earthquakes
Summer Heat Turns This Siberian Lake Bright Pink
And it's not the only one
Does Climate Change Fuel Floods? It’s Complicated
Here’s why that question is hard to answer
The Solar Storm That Nearly Set the Cold War Ablaze
How radio interference from a 1967 solar storm spooked the U.S. military—and launched space weather forecasting
World’s Climate Hit Extremes, Shattered Multiple Records in 2015
From rising temperatures and ocean levels to record greenhouse gas levels, 2015 was a rough year for planet Earth
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