Climate
Hannah Cho1 min read
Live Updates: Winter Storm Brings Heavy Snow and Power Outages to the Northeast
Power outages, road closures and snow totals as a powerful storm moves up the coast.
Hannah Cho1 min read
U.S.
Marcus Bell3 min read
Winter Storm Tests Plains Power Grid as 2 Million Customers Face Subzero Nights
Grid operators across the central U.S. called on reserve plants and asked residents to conserve power as an arctic storm drove temperatures well below zero from Kansas to Minnesota.
Marcus Bell3 min read
U.S.Hannah Cho3 min read
Gulf Coast Cities Stockpile Generators and Rehearse Evacuations as Hurricane Season Peaks
From Corpus Christi to Pensacola, local officials have expanded shelters, staged supplies and tested new alerts ahead of the most active stretch of hurricane season.
Hannah Cho3 min read
Climate
Ben Carter6 min read
Lightning, Explained
Hotter than the surface of the Sun, and it strikes the Earth many times every second.
Ben Carter6 min read
World
James Okafor3 min read
India’s New Village-Level Monsoon Forecasts Help 9 Million Farmers Time Their Planting
A forecasting service that sends rainfall outlooks by text message to farmers at the village level is helping millions decide when to sow, irrigate and harvest, studies suggest.
James Okafor3 min read