meteorology
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Ominous Cloud Over Hong Kong Hints At An Alien Invasion
Photographer Alfred Lee has captured a stunning image of an unusual cloud in the skies above Hong Kong — one that bears a striking resemblance to the invading Martian spaceships in War of the Worlds.
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Thanks To El Niño, Rare Tropical Storms Signal A Wacky Start To 2016
For the first time since records began, two tropical storms — one in the Atlantic and one in the Pacific — have appeared at the same time in January. Named Alex and Pali, these storms are being fuelled by unusually warm surface waters. On their own, these early storms are rare occurrences. This is first…
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Here’s One Way Climate Change Will Make The World Look Different
We now know that climate change is a lot more complicated than the world just getting hotter or colder. It will have all kinds of effects, and scientists studying the African savanna think they have found one of them.