April marks the onset of intense tornado activity in the U.S., driven by warm, moist Gulf air clashing with cooler masses.

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Wind alerts are in place across much of Indiana today as a powerful surge of westerly winds moves across the state. While temperatures will climb into the 50s this afternoon, the wind will make it ...

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Go looking for wind farms in Spain, and you might quickly end up in Castilla–La Mancha, a region southeast of Madrid. This is the place where Don Quixote, Miquel de Cervantes’s delusional Man of La ...

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Olympic ice is engineered to balance grip and glide. Here’s how physics, chemistry, and meticulous ice making shape the fastest sport on ice. American speed skater Erin Jackson competes in the women’s ...

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On Monday, the US Department of the Interior announced that it was pausing the leases on all five offshore wind sites currently under construction in the US. The move comes despite the fact that these ...