Plus: Why are hurricanes so powerful? Are winds on other planets like they are on Earth? The answer, my friend, is blowin' in ...

Understanding how storms form helps explain why forecasters watch ocean temperatures and wind patterns so closely.

Hurricanes may be old hat in Florida, but they’re not a disaster that nature often inflicts on Southern California. The last one to damage the region was in 1858, when a tropical cyclone with 75 mph ...

Zachary Handlos receives funding from the National Science Foundation. He is affiliated with the American Meteorological Society. I teach meteorology at Georgia Tech, in a part of the country that ...

Hurricane Gabrielle rapidly intensified from a Category 1 to a Category 4 storm on Monday. Rapid intensification is when a ...

The Moon is rusting — and it’s Earth’s fault. Scientists have found that oxygen particles blown from Earth to the Moon can ...