Tag: weather
Lighter pavement really does cool cities when it’s done right
Hessam AzariJafari, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Randolph E. Kirchain, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
When heat waves hit, people...
Knowing how heat and humidity affect your body can help you...
JohnEric W. Smith, Mississippi State University
Less than a month into North America’s official summer, heat waves are blistering...
Lighter pavement really does cool cities when it’s done right
Hessam AzariJafari, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Randolph E. Kirchain, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
When heat waves hit, people...
Warming is clearly visible in new US ‘climate normal’ datasets
Russ Schumacher, Colorado State University and Becky Bolinger, Colorado State University
Anyone who listens to weather reports has heard...
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...
What exactly is the polar vortex?
Zachary Lawrence, University of Colorado Boulder and Amy Butler, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
At the start of February...
Why does it take longer to fly from east to west...
Skip Bailey, University of Nebraska Omaha
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert...
What makes the world’s biggest surfable waves?
Sally Warner, Brandeis University
On Feb. 11, 2020, Brazilian Maya Gabeira surfed a wave off the coast of Nazaré, Portugal, that was 73.5 feet tall....
EXPLORING NATURE
New study measures titanium in Apollo rock to uncover Moon’s early chemistry
Advik D. Vira, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emily First, Macalester College
The Earth and the Moon may look...
