When extreme weather hits, which storm actually packs the fastest winds? Discover how hurricanes compare to tornadoes and how ...

The Sun never ceases to surprise us. Recent measurements reveal that the slow solar wind, which emerges near the surface of our star, can blow much stronger than expected. A team of researchers has ...

Since 2012, global wind power generation capacity has nearly quadrupled. As technologies have matured and costs have come down, wind energy has been embraced by countries across the globe. But ...

How fast is the wind blowing where you live? As we see on “Weather Hunters,” meteorologists use a tool called an anemometer to measure wind speed. Anemometers work because they have arms with cup-like ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) I teach meteorology at Georgia Tech, in a part of the country that pays close ...