"The goal of our modeling is to position the field of wind energy research to move more aggressively in the development of the wind capacity and reliability necessary to respond to climate change." ...

This article is part of The State of Science, a series featuring science stories from public radio stations across the United States. This story, by Eve Zuckoff, Patrick Flanary, and Gilda Geist, was ...

The simplest definition of wind is air in motion. Wind is generated by uneven pressure in the atmosphere, which is caused by uneven heating by the Sun, land, and oceans. The air closest to the ground ...

After 52 months of studying atom-bomb damage to buildings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Atomic Energy Commission and the Department of Defense summed up their findings for the benefit of U.S.

A lucky alignment of two sun-studying spacecraft may have finally solved a decades-old solar mystery. Data from NASA’s Parker Solar Probe and the European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter suggest that ...

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President Trump paused an offshore wind project aimed at fighting climate change. Reporter Sabrina Shankman explains why and the fallout to political reporter James Pindell. (Photo by David L.