Southern Olive Oil

As climates shift and traditional growing regions suffer, the American South has potential to be the next global olive oil source.

Satellite Drag: We've Turned Starlink into a Planetary Barometer | Spaceweather.com

How Spaceweather.com measures the density of Earth's upper atmosphere every day using the drag on thousands of Starlink satellites, checked against Planet Labs, Amazon Kuiper and OneWeb.

number changes every day in response to solar activity.

The landslide that ate my home town

What if removing carbon dioxide permanently from the atmosphere was really cheap?

Waking up to the crushing cost advantage phytoplankton carbon has

The Strange Blissfulness of Storms - Nautilus

Is there a biochemical reason that extreme weather makes us happy?

Making cement from a different type of rock could clean up emissions

Limestone might not be the only source for Portland cement.

NASA Just Recorded the First High-Res Imagery of a Tsunami From Space

The mental picture of a tsunami is usually a giant wall of water building across the ocean and crashing onto shore...

Review: The Molecule We Can’t Live With, and Can’t Live Without

Carbon dioxide is both a planetary threat and a driving force behind life on Earth, according to author Peter Brannen.

Why Is Moscow So Weird?

Why so far north? So cold? Why not on a big river or a coast? Why the biggest city in Europe? Why the capital of the biggest country on Earth?

Why Texas ‘Flash Flood Alley’ Is So Deadly, Explained by Geology

A hydrologist explains why Texas Hill Country is known as Flash Flood Alley and how its geography and geology can lead to heavy downpours and sudden, destructive floods

Scientists Are Just Beginning to Understand How Life Makes Clouds, and Their Discoveries May Drastically Improve Climate Science

Plants, plankton and sea spray all release elements that help the atmospheric blankets form

The Peculiar Phenomenon of Megacryometeors

Hail, in and of itself, is not an unusual weather phenomenon. The frozen precipitation occurs inside storm clouds when water droplets are cooled below

Texas Is Already Running Out of Water

Parts of the state are starting the year with low reserves. With light winter rains failing to replenish supply, and a scorching summer predicted, key areas may be pushed to the brink.

In the Nineteenth Century, Scientists Set Out to Solve the “Problem of Amer

Life as a Signal Corps weatherman was dangerous, and not only because inclement weather could, and did, inflict occasional casualties. For observer-sergeants, “other duties as assigned” could include dealing with labor riots, conflicts with Native Americans, outbreaks of yellow…

How It Feels To Chase a Tornado Across Three States

In the moments before entering every supercell thunderstorm, there’s a moment of pause that washes over me. It usually comes as daylight vanishes, a few seconds after I turn on my headlights; just …

The World’s Northernmost Town Is Changing Dramatically

Climate change is bringing tourism and tension to Longyearbyen on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard.

In this rapaciously dry year, a quiet question grows louder: What are we do

Drought, dread and family in the American Southwest.

Google says new AI models allow for ‘nearly instantaneous’ weather forecast

AI looks well-suited for short-term weather forecasts

Built to Burn - 99% Invisible

The Santa Ana winds of Southern California are sometimes called the “Devil Winds.” They pick up in the late summer and early fall, sweeping down from the mountains and across the coast. They’re hot and dry, and known for creating dangerous fire conditions. In late November of…

The Fever Called Living by Evan Malmgren

On the plight of environmental-­illness refugees

How We Solved the Hole in the Ozone

A scientist’s first-hand account shows the world can tackle a global environmental crisis.