Weather Destructive California fires continue 19 December 2017 The 2017 California wildfire season has been the most destructive and one of the costliest on record Weather Types of Lightning 18 December 2017 Lightning can strike the ground, the air, or inside clouds, but there are roughly 5 to 10 times more cloud flashes than cloud-to-ground flashes. Discover the different types of lightning! In the Spotlight The cloths of heaven 18 December 2017 The cloths of heaven Weather Record-breaking rainbow in Taiwan 04 December 2017 Rainbow last for 9 hours in Taiwan In the Spotlight Climate change to increase clear-air turbulence threefold 01 December 2017 Climate change isn’t just something that is occurring at ground level, but also high up into the atmosphere – and it will have significant impacts on air travel. Weather Atlantic hurricanes: Irma and Maria 30 October 2017 Record Hurricane season topped off by Irma and Maria with devastating consequences. Weather Ophelia and the red sky 20 October 2017 Dust and smoke turn skies red after ex-hurricane's stormy passage across the British Isles. Weather Ex-Hurricane Ophelia brings stormy conditions to the British Isles 17 October 2017 Ex-Hurricane Ophelia brought wet weather and gusts exceeding 96 mph to the UK and Ireland on 16th October, the 30th anniversary of the Great Storm of 1987. In the Spotlight Drizzle riddle solved 22 August 2017 Updrafts are more important than previously thought in determining whether clouds produce drizzle rather than normal-sized raindrops.
Weather Destructive California fires continue 19 December 2017 The 2017 California wildfire season has been the most destructive and one of the costliest on record
Weather Types of Lightning 18 December 2017 Lightning can strike the ground, the air, or inside clouds, but there are roughly 5 to 10 times more cloud flashes than cloud-to-ground flashes. Discover the different types of lightning!
In the Spotlight Climate change to increase clear-air turbulence threefold 01 December 2017 Climate change isn’t just something that is occurring at ground level, but also high up into the atmosphere – and it will have significant impacts on air travel.
Weather Atlantic hurricanes: Irma and Maria 30 October 2017 Record Hurricane season topped off by Irma and Maria with devastating consequences.
Weather Ophelia and the red sky 20 October 2017 Dust and smoke turn skies red after ex-hurricane's stormy passage across the British Isles.
Weather Ex-Hurricane Ophelia brings stormy conditions to the British Isles 17 October 2017 Ex-Hurricane Ophelia brought wet weather and gusts exceeding 96 mph to the UK and Ireland on 16th October, the 30th anniversary of the Great Storm of 1987.
In the Spotlight Drizzle riddle solved 22 August 2017 Updrafts are more important than previously thought in determining whether clouds produce drizzle rather than normal-sized raindrops.