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Scientists in a truck outfitted with instruments race toward a storm. (Credit: National Severe Storms Lab/NOAA)

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"Storm-chasing for science can be exciting and stressful."

What Do Storm Chasers Really Do? 

Hurricane Beryl hit the island of Carriacou, Grenada, on July 1, 2024, with 150 mph sustained winds. NOAA

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Hurricane Beryl hit the island of Carriacou, Grenada, on July 1, 2024, with 150 mph sustained winds.

Why Hurricane Beryl’s Rapid Intensification and Category 5 Winds Are Alarming

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Oarfish (Regalecus russelii) mystery animal head close up 

Despite its ominous reputation and centuries of superstition, the mysterious oarfish is actually a rare and surprisingly beautiful sight for anyone lucky enough to see it.

Meet the Doomsday Fish that Strikes Fear in the Hearts of Sailors

This image, created using data acquired by the GOES-18 satellite on May 30, 2024, shows a telltale sign of La Niña in the womb: a spear of green extending toward the west from the coast of South America. The green indicates emergence of relatively cool waters along the equator. (Please see below for an animation showing the evolution of this feature. Credit: RAMMB/CIRA/SLIDER)

Gestating La Niña

The remote sensing imagery below, metaphorically akin to an ultrasound, show La Niña in the womb. The climate phenomenon's due date is fast arriving.

Watch as a Baby Girl Gestates in the Equatorial Pacific Ocean. She Could Profoundly Affect Our Lives Soon

An EF-4 tornado carved a path of destruction through Greenfield, Iowa, on May 21, 2024. With peak winds of 185 miles per hour, the twister's rampage through the little town is visible in this image captured by the Sentinel 2 satellite on May 25. (Credit: Modified Copernicus Sentinel data processed by Tom Yulsman)

Tornadic Path of Destruction

Thanks to clashing air masses and a jet stream sweeping storms along between them, this spring has brought a rash of destructive tornadoes.

Iowa Tornado's Path of Destruction as Seen From Space

The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite sensor, or VIIRS, aboard the Suomi NPP satellite captured this image of Houston on May 18, after a derecho had darkened large swaths of the city with power outages. See below for before-and-after animations. (Credit: NASA Earth Observatory)

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