Climate change is disturbing wind patterns across the globe in dramatic ways. And when combined with land-use change and desertification, these changes are spawning immense sand and dust storms that ...

This fall, NASA scientist Kris Bedka flew into Hurricane Helene to test a device that uses lasers to create ultradetailed wind measurements. It could be the key to unlocking better storm predictions.

11 degrees Celsius. This temperature flip happens because wind turbines act like giant mixers in the sky, stirring up air layers that would normally stay separate during calm conditions. The mixing ...