Tag: tornado
Tornadoes, wildfires and other disasters tell a story of vulnerability and...
Tricia Wachtendorf, University of Delaware and James Kendra, University of Delaware
People often think of disasters as great equalizers....
Why tornadoes are still hard to forecast – even though storm...
Chris Nowotarski, Texas A&M University
As a deadly tornado headed toward Rolling Fork, Mississippi, on March 24, 2023, forecasters...
Tornadoes, climate change and why Dixie is the new Tornado Alley
Ernest Agee, Purdue University
Tornadoes tore up homes in New Orleans and its suburbs and were reported in communities...
Tornadoes and climate change: What a warming world means for deadly...
John Allen, Central Michigan University
The deadly tornado outbreak that tore through communities from Arkansas to Illinois on the...
Hurricane-force wind gusts in Colorado, dust storms in Kansas, tornadoes in...
William Gallus, Iowa State University
Extremely powerful winds swept across a large part of the U.S. on Dec. 15,...
Cellphone bans in the workplace are legal and more common among...
Richard Carlson, South Texas College of Law Houston
Cellphones in the workplace can be a distraction – but they...
Wild weather: 4 essential reads about tornadoes and thunderstorms
Jennifer Weeks, The Conversation
Springtime in the U.S. is frequently a season for thunderstorms, which can spawn tornadoes. These...
Western wildfires are spinning off tornadoes – here’s how fires create...
Charles Jones, University of California, Santa Barbara and Leila Carvalho, University of California, Santa Barbara
It might sound like a bad movie, but extreme wildfires...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
