The "cone of death" we've seen for years shows a projected path of a tropical storm or hurricane, the likely timing of the storm, and wind watches and warnings for coastal areas. But since it's ...

Helene's forecast cone is narrowing, but the impacts are far-reaching. The storm could carry a tropical storm-strength wind ...

Here's what's happening with Tropical Storm Helene in less than a minute. Want more details? The National ...

The incredibly toxic venom of the geographic cone snail has to be strong enough to paralyze instantly. Otherwise, the fish it preys on would swim away to die, and the slow-moving gastropod would ...

The new cone will add tropical storm and hurricane watches and warnings for interior counties in the path of the storm. The current cone shows watches and warnings only for coastal counties.

Sep. 16, 2024 — Renewable energy sources like wind and solar are critical to sustaining our planet, but they come with a big challenge: they don't always generate power when it's needed.

Wind is the movement of air from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure. In fact, wind exists because the sun unevenly heats the surface of the Earth. As hot air rises, cooler air ...

Wind shear is often the most critical factor controlling hurricane formation and destruction. In general, wind shear refers to any change in wind speed or direction along a straight line. In the ...

Welcome to the wind turbine graveyard. It stretches a hundred metres from a bend in the North Platte River in Casper, Wyoming. Between last September and this March, it will become the final ...

The solar wind is a flow of particles that comes off the sun at about one million miles per hour and travels throughout the entire solar system. First proposed in the 1950s by University of Chicago ...

The geostrophic wind distribution becomes unstable in mid-latitudes, giving rise to mid-latitude cyclones. Moreover, winds are seldom in perfect geostrophic balance owing to friction and/or inertia.