Hurricane Ian 

As Hurricane Ian makes landfall just shy of a Category 5, here is how hurricanes are ranked and a list of the four Category 5 hurricanes to hit the U.S. 

This Is What Makes A Category 5 Hurricane So Dangerous, And Others 

Europe Hurricane 

Jet streams can re-energize ex-hurricanes, causing severe storms in Europe. 

Some Ex-Hurricanes Can Travel Across The Atlantic To Europe 

Pink Lake, Lake Hillier

Blood falls, moonbows and turquoise ice are just a few of these incredible phenomena. 

5 Incredible Natural Phenomena That Don't Seem to be Real

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Sidewalk egg

It’s not easy to fry an egg on the sidewalk, but if you want to take a crack at it, here are some things you need to know.

Frying an Egg on the Sidewalk: Can It Really Be Done?

Weedy seadragon

Citizen science helps uncover why 200 weedy seadragons washed-up on the Australian shoreline. 

Solving the Mystery of 200 Weedy Seadragons Washing Ashore

lightning

New data could help prevent lightning-caused wildfires in the future for central and northern California.

Dry Lightning Causes Most Destructive California Wildfires

A close-up image of a dust storm on Mars (acquired by the Mars Color Imager instrument on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter) on November 7, 2007. (Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS)

Martian dust storm

On the Red Planet’s southern side, summer began on July 21. For scientists, that means another perplexing dust storm season.

The Dusty Days of Summer on Mars 

Scared dog

Research suggests some dogs fear loud noises because of a combination of nature and nurture, and to be mindful of those Fourth of July fireworks.

Why Some Dogs Fear Fireworks and What To Do

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Rising sea levels

Many consequences of climate change are visible across the planet. Here are some of the worst.

4 Ways Climate Change Is Already Taking a Toll

A devastating outbreak of hundreds of tornadoes led veteran meteorologist James Spann to wonder how to better communicate the risk of deadly weather. (Credit: Cammie Czuchnicki/Shutterstock)

Tornado

How hundreds of tornadoes led one man to seek communication improvements amidst deadly weather events.

Meteorologists and Social Scientists Team Up to Save Lives

A dust plume stretching from the Sahara all the way across the Atlantic Ocean is seen in this image acquired by the GOES-16 environmental satellite on June 6, 2022. The plume was so prominent that it was also spotted by a satellite stationed nearly a million miles away from Earth. For that image, see below. (Credit: RAMMB/CIRA)

GOES-16 Satellite Spies Giant Saharan Dust Plume

Dust plumes like this tend to suppress Atlantic hurricane activity — and they also make for beautiful sunsets. 

Gargantuan Saharan Dust Plume Blowing Across the Atlantic is Visible from Nearly a Million Miles Away in Space

This GOES-18 image shows the contiguous United States observed on May 5, 2022 by each of the 16 channels of the weather satellite's Advanced Baseline Imager instrument. Each channel on the ABI measures energy at different wavelengths along the electromagnetic spectrum, providing valuable information about Earth’s atmosphere, land, and oceans. (Credit: NOAA)

GOES-18-panel

GOES-18 remains on track to replace its ailing sibling and is already returning stunning images of Earth.