If you could look down at the Pacific Ocean right now, you’d see three hurricanes spinning in a row, between 15 and 20 ...

The storms are growing more intense and damaging, but evidence does not support that they are becoming more numerous.

Artificial intelligence now produces excellent weather forecasts on a broad scale. But several factors complicate its ability ...

But even a strong El Niño isn’t a guarantee that Hawaii will see storms—after all, it’s a small area of land in a vast ocean, ...

In this week’s Essential Science, we consider hurricanes. While hurricanes are natural phenomena, the path and severity of hurricanes is influenced by different factors. In weighing up some of these, ...

Nearly three decades of Hurricane Hunter data reveal four features that can help a tilted tropical cyclone straighten its ...

Stanford researchers have shown that instruments primarily used to understand earthquakes can capture key details about hurricanes, helping meteorologists better predict how storms will evolve and ...

Does a warming climate change hurricane risk—and if so, what does that mean for insurers, policymakers, and the courts? In this timely webinar, world-renowned meteorologist Dr. Kerry Emanuel will ...

Researchers at The University of Texas at Arlington have created a mathematical model to identify and analyze vortices, the ...

When a hurricane suddenly explodes in strength just before landfall, communities can lose precious hours to prepare. A new forecasting method developed by a team led by scientists at the U.S. National ...

Time now for our science news roundup from Short Wave, NPR's science podcast. I'm joined now by Regina Barber and Nate Rott from the show. Hey to both of you. REGINA BARBER, BYLINE: Hey. NATE ROTT, ...

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