A winter storm is headed for North Carolina; do you know how to decipher winter weather forecasts? While just about everyone knows the definitions for snow, sleet and freezing rain, other terms used ...

With all the concentrated efforts toward achieving cleaner energy, a Spanish startup aims to reinvent wind turbines. Better said, it aims to offer an alternative to traditional wind farms, much like ...

Could a bladeless wind turbine answer the issues with clean energy and save a few bird lives in the process? It can if you believe that the same technology we use to get your milkshake to your mouth ...

The turbines we currently use for wind power are incredibly advanced pieces of technology. Everything inside of them –from the shape of their airfoils to the generators they spin– has been ...

OAKLAND — On Nov. 7, 1940, a 4-month-old bridge aptly nicknamed “Galloping Gertie” twisted apart in 35-knot winds, collapsed into Puget Sound and forever changed the way engineers designed bridges. To ...

A surge of arctic air is about to bring parts of the Midwest the coldest temperatures in years by the middle of this week, as part of the polar vortex is set to blast the region with dangerously cold ...

As if the coronavirus crisis wasn’t enough to bear, Mother Nature has more tricks up her sleeve as a frigid and windy polar vortex heads south from Canada Friday, impacting regions from Minnesota to ...

Our winter friend or foe, the Polar Vortex, has re-formed and is ready to be watched for the winter. The Polar Vortex is a swirling area of wind that is most often centered over the North Pole. We ...

When determining what clothes to wear for the day based on temperature, there's more to consider than the reading on a thermometer. This is especially true in the winter months. Often meteorologists ...

Winter weather forecasts use specific terms that can be confusing to the general public. The "feels like" temperature and wind chill describe how weather conditions feel to the human body. Bundle up, ...