How climate change makes powerful storms like Hurricane Melissa more likely

Water temperatures where Melissa strengthened were about two to three degrees warmer than the long term average, with temperatures of 85 to 87 degrees extending down to about 300 feet. These ...
The Village Voice

Alfa Choice and Christopher Shears Jump Off Tappan Zee Bridge; One Dies, Other Is Critical

For reasons currently unknown, Alfa Choice, 29, and her boyfriend, Christopher Shears, 44, jumped off the Tappan Zee Bridge together from the roof of their parked SUV on Tuesday morning. They were ...
The Conversation

What is wind shear? An atmospheric scientist explains how it can disrupt air travel and tear apart hurricanes

Zachary Handlos receives funding from the National Science Foundation. He is affiliated with the American Meteorological Society. I teach meteorology at Georgia Tech, in a part of the country that ...
Scientific American

Meet Wind Shear, the Phenomenon That Can Rip a Hurricane Apart

Wind shear is defined as the change in wind speed, wind direction, or both, over some distance. You may have heard airplane pilots talk about turbulence and warn passengers that they’re in for a bumpy ...