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From extreme weather and droughts to lightning and heat waves, this is the latest science on what's happening in the atmosphere right above your head.

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Large hailstones
Environment

How does hail grow to the size of golf balls and even grapefruit?

By Brian Tang / The Conversation

Baseball fans clear the stands as lightning strikes near the Colorado Rockies’ stadium in 2019.
Environment

How to stay safe during lighting season

By Chris Vagasky / The Conversation

running in the summer
Environment

How runners and cyclists can stay safe in extreme heat

By Susan Yeargin / The Conversation

The ancient oak circle which emerged from the shifting sands at Holme next the Sea in Norfolk. The ring of oak tree trunks with a large upturned tree at its centre is believed to be 4,000 years old & is said to be of great archaeological importance.
Archaeology

What is ‘Seahenge’? Bronze Age worshipers may have used the structure to try to extend the summer

By Laura Baisas

Best home weather stations sliced header
Environment

The best home weather stations for 2024

By John Alexander

As the planet warms, many of Alaska’s glaciers are retreating. This is destabilizing cliff faces throughout the state’s myriad bays and fjords.
Environment

Sailing in Alaska? Watch out for tsunamis

By Christian Elliott / Hakai Magazine

Concept art of EarthCARE satellite scanning clouds above Earth
Climate Change

The ‘White Dragon’ satellite will keep watch over our clouds

By Andrew Paul

An October 1919 Popular Science story described hail cannons and similar technological efforts to alter weather patterns.
Climate Change

Cloud control: Humanity’s never-ending quest to control the weather

By Bill Gourgey

Cargo Ship in Panama Canal
Climate Change

A new solution proposed for drought-stricken Panama Canal goes around it

By Andrew Paul

How lightning on exoplanets could make it harder to find alien life
Environment

How lightning on exoplanets could make it harder to find alien life

By Briley Lewis

Why is it so warm right now?
Climate Change

Why is it so warm right now?

By Richard B. (Ricky) Rood / The Conversation

A satellite image of two cyclones over the ocean with land nearby.
Climate Change

Stronger hurricanes may call for a ‘Category 6’

By Laura Baisas

A blizzard with brutally cold temperatures hit Iowa and neighboring states on Jan. 12, 2024.
Environment

Extreme cold still happens in a warming world

By Mathew Barlow/The Conversation

A Jackery solar generator on a plain background arranged in a brick pattern
Environment

Prepare for any storm ahead with 37% off this Jackery solar generator

By Amanda Reed

In Alaska, preparing for tsunamis is no small feat
Environment

In Alaska, preparing for tsunamis is no small feat

By Christian Elliott / Undark

Black and white photo of merchant ship encountering rogue wave
AI

An equation co-written with AI reveals monster rogue waves form ‘all the time’

By Andrew Paul

Storm coming in over farm field
AI

Google DeepMind’s AI forecasting is outperforming the ‘gold standard’ model

By Andrew Paul

Tornado science is high stakes—and increasingly high-tech
Environment

Tornado science is high stakes—and increasingly high-tech

By Carolyn Wilke/Knowable Magazine

Hurricane Ian stirred up flesh-eating bacteria in Florida
Environment

Hurricane Ian stirred up flesh-eating bacteria in Florida

By Zoya Teirstein/Grist

Ancient rock carvings that reappeared in the region of the Lajes Archaeological Site due to the severe drought affecting the region's rivers on the banks of the Negro River in Manaus, Brazil, on October 21, 2023. The carvings feature depictions of human faces.
Archaeology

Drought reveals ancient rock carvings of human faces in Brazil

By Laura Baisas

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