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Hurricane weatherman on climate urgency

Matthew Rozsa
A view of damage after a tornado tore through the US state of Mississippi, United States on March 25, 2023. At least 25 people have been killed and dozens injured after a tornado tore through the US state of Mississippi late Friday. (Fatih Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

The race to improve tornado predictions

Matthew Rozsa
Groundhog in Space (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Groundhog Day's astronomical roots

Nicole Karlis
A house is submerged in floodwaters from the Salinas River near Chualar, California, on January 12, 2023. (NIC COURY/AFP via Getty Images)

Blanca Begert
Dry and cracked riverbed is seen during drought season on April 23, 2021 in Santa Clara County, California. (Liu Guanguan/China News Service via Getty Images)

Flash droughts threaten the environment

Antonia Hadjimichael - The Conversation
Desert with storm clouds (Getty Images/John M Lund Photography Inc)

The mad quest to control the weather

Matthew Rozsa
Felix Auto Repair in Salton Sea, California on March 2, 2020. (Jim Steinfeldt/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

Why record highs aren't meaningful

Peter W. Reiners
Hurricane Laura is seen here approaching the U.S. Gulf Coast on Wednesday. The image is taken by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite. (NASA)

What it's like flying inside a hurricane

Nicole Karlis
An artist's rendering of NASA's Juno spacecraft making a pass over Jupiter. (NASA)

The forecast on Jupiter

Nicole Karlis

1,500 mile-long dust plume hits the US

Nicole Karlis
(AP Photo/Tim Ireland) (AP)

If the clouds disappear, we're screwed

Greta Moran - Grist
Villagers walk through debris after being hit by a tsunami as they carry their belongings on December 24, 2018 in Carita, Banten province, Indonesia. (Getty/Ulet Ifansasti)

Why experts missed the tsunami

Nicole Karlis
A boat sits amidst debris in the aftermath of Hurricane Michael in Mexico Beach, Fla., Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018. (AP Photo/ (AP/Gerald Herbert)

Hurricane Michael is an omen

Nicole Karlis
Artist's concept of a dust storm on Titan (NASA/ESA/IPGP/Labex UnivEarthS/University Paris Diderot)

Scientists discover dust storms on Titan

Keith A. Spencer
The Mars rover, named Opportunity, is shown in this artist conception. (AP Photo/NASA)

Martian dust storm may doom NASA rover

Keith A. Spencer
Resident Kim Johnson inspects the area around her apartment building after Hurricane Sandy. (Getty/Mario Tama)

Why we're bad at planning for disasters

George Michelsen Foy
(AP)

How far away was that lightning?

Becky Bolinger - The Conversation
The remnants of a destroyed home stand more than two weeks after Hurricane Maria hit the island on October 6, 2017. (Getty/Mario Tama)

Why forecasters struggle to predict

Jeffrey B. Halverson - The Conversation
An artist's rendering of NASA's Juno spacecraft making a pass over Jupiter. (NASA)

The powerful cyclones of Jupiter

Nicole Karlis
(Dusty Compton/The Tuscaloosa News, via AP, File)

Understanding tornadoes

Paul Markowski, Yvette Richardson - The Conversation
(Getty/nightman1965)

Can't control the weather, even in war

David R. Petriello
(AP)

listening to storms help us understand

Mark Ballora, Jenni Evans - The Conversation
(Salon/Ilana Lidagoster)

Why our hurricane forecasting is bad

Sarah Okeson
(AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Wetlands as hurricane-damage antidotes

Siddarth Narayan, Michael Beck - The Conversation
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