About 2.6 million car trips are expected to be made on Good Friday when the aftermath of Storm Nelson hits the Easter holidays. The stormy weather that hit parts of England on Thursday is expected to ease, but dozens of flood warnings and alerts are in place across England after rain and strong winds hit… Read More »
Texas is no stranger to winter wildfires, but the severity of the Smokehouse Creek fire — the state’s largest fire on record after burning more than 1 million acres — caught even experts off guard. Its severity was due to a perfect storm of environmental factors: highly flammable grasses and strong winds, coupled with record… Read More »
Research shows that strong winds blowing from the summit cause mountains such as Mount Everest to cool during the warmer months. miljko/Getty Images Ten years ago, climate scientists observed a strange cooling trend in Himalayan glaciers. They now think this trend may be the result of an intensification of winds that can reach speeds of… Read More »