Everysummerandfall, eyes remain locked on the AtlanticOceanand Gulf of Mexico to see if any tropical storms orhurricanesare headed for theU.S.coastline. Once tropical systems havewindsof at least 39 mph, they're given a name, but have you ever wondered how names are assigned to ...
26, eight other named storms have formed in the Atlantic. Five of the season's storms have been hurricanes. What are hurricanes? Hurricanes are tropical cyclones. When a tropical cyclone's sustained winds reach 39 to 73 mph (63 to 118 km/h), it is considered a tropical storm and it ...
The Google Loon team has developed something more akin to a weather balloon, designed to withstand tough atmospheric conditions such as pressure differences, high winds, UV exposure and extreme temperatures, which are often well below freezing at higher altitudes. That means they can stay aloft ...
Now and again, depending on how the winds blow, the small towers on a castle that used to decorate a golf course reappear above one edge of the huge dunes (hills made of sand) named Jockey’s Ridge. Jockey’s Ridge is the largest natural sand dune system in the eastern United States....
Round the edge of a High, the winds are sometimes strong. Intense Highs tend to squeeze the isobars together creating areas of strong winds. Winter Highs often bring frost; summer Highs may bring thunderstorms and hail. The bigger Highs are, the slower they tend to move, sometimes 'blocking...
They are also studying how to analyse and communicate this information in the best way once it is obtained. On September 29,1998. Hurricane Georges made landfall (登陆) Biloxi, Mississippi, after damaging several islands of the Caribbean badly with rains and winds up to 160 km per hour. Few...
While the smell of rain and the phenomenon of petrichor were known long before Bear and Thomas's research, they were the ones who formally defined and named it in the scientific literature. Their work significantly contributed to our understanding of the chemistry behind the scent of rain. What...
“If it bleeds, it leads” is a cliché for a reason), but natural disasters seem even more intoxicating for news consumers. This could happen to any of us. We are all vulnerable. And, aside from climate change—that mammoth existential cause that shall not be named—there’s no clear ...
Worried about therash of fire starts over the past week,local and state authorities are cranking up the fire restrictions in hopes of cutting the threat of peoplestarting more fires. And with more hot, dry weather forecast now into mid-August, fire managers say it's critical for you to do...
Volts are named after the Italian physicist Alessandro Volta, who built one of the first batteries in 1800. What Is an Amp? Amperage is another way to measure the amount of electricity running through a circuit. Amperage is the "rate" that current is flowing through the circuit or the numbe...