Testing Ships in a Miniature OceanThe US Navy maintains an indoor ocean capable of simulating some of the world’s worst weather conditions, even with waves only four feet tall. These tests rely on ...

Supercomputers gobble up tens of billions of clues to predict the path of a hurricane, everything from the smallest raindrop to the most raucous thunderstorm, temperatures from the sea’s surface to ...

Weather prediction systems provide critical information about dangerous storms, deadly heat waves and potential droughts, among other climate emergencies. But they're not always accurate. And ...