Tag: Wind
The Southwest is on fire, iconic deserts and towns are at...
Molly Hunter, University of Arizona
New Mexico and Arizona are facing a dangerously early fire season. It has left...
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,...
US approves its first big offshore wind farm, near Martha’s Vineyard...
Erin Baker, University of Massachusetts Amherst and Matthew Lackner, University of Massachusetts Amherst
The United States’ offshore wind industry...
Atlantic hurricane season starts June 1 – here’s what forecasters are...
Kristopher Karnauskas, University of Colorado Boulder
As summer in the Northern Hemisphere approaches, forecasters begin watching every bout of...
The US just set ambitious offshore wind power targets – what...
Erin Baker, University of Massachusetts Amherst and Matthew Lackner, University of Massachusetts Amherst
The United States’ offshore wind industry...
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...
If you’re not getting enough nature during the lockdown, try bringing...
Kevin Nute, University of Hawaii
Pandemics change everything, including the way we design buildings.
After the 1918 Spanish flu and the scourge of tuberculosis, there was...
Wildfire smoke is becoming a nationwide health threat
Richard E. Peltier, University of Massachusetts Amherst
The impacts of recent forest fires in California reach well beyond the burned areas. Smoke from the Camp...