Environment

A Storm-Chaser Who's Looked Straight Into a Tornado's Heart

The tornadoes that recently swept through the Dallas Forth Worth area were a reminder of their destructive power. While the most sensible response might be to go as far away as possible from such things, atmospheric scientist Joshua Wurman runs right at them. 04.10.2012

Climate 
Engineers Get 
a PR Lesson

When you talk about messing with the planet, people can get pretty jumpy. 04.03.2012

17 Best Places for a Geek to Go This Summer

The top expeditions, 
experiments, and vacation excursions. 03.30.2012

Fierce Old Warplane Has a New Mission: Flying Into the Hearts of Thunderstorms

Equipped with heavy armor and an impressively 
powerful cannon, the A-10 Thunderbolt was built to survive. 03.27.2012

The Continent Where Climate Went Haywire

From floods to cyclones to fires of unimaginable ferocity, climate 
change has unleashed a host of plagues on Australia. But catastrophe has 
spawned a national rebirth. 03.26.2012

The Giant, Underestimated Earthquake Threat to North America

The enormous fault off 
the coast of the Pacific Northwest has been silent for three centuries. But after years of detective work, geologists have 
discovered that it can
 unleash mayhem on 
an epic scale. 03.13.2012

Water Wranglers

DISCOVER co-sponsors a round table discussion on the future of water on a changing planet. 03.13.2012

Destination Science: The Natural World Outside Disney World

Thanks to federal law and big developments, central Florida has some impressively preserved natural spots. 03.12.2012

4 Bold Ideas to Make America’s Energy Supply 
Safer, Cleaner & 
Virtually Inexhaustible


A group of experts charts out a path for navigating through humanity's painful energy transition. 02.16.2012


When Arctic Ice Locks up Your Submarine, It's Time to Break Out the Chainsaw

The U.S. Navy runs into an unusual obstacle as it increases its activity in the far north. 02.08.2012

North America's 2080 Water Forecast

02.06.2012

Westward H2O!

02.06.2012

20 Things You Didn't Know About... Clouds

Some are visible only after sunset, none are created by seeding, and one chewed on a fighter pilot for half an hour before spitting him out, alive. 01.30.2012

Fortress of Solitude-like Cave Houses Ridiculously Slow-Growing Crystals

Researcher uses a custom-built, ultrasensitive microscope to 
determine that a sample grew 0.000000000014 millimeter per second—the equivalent of a pencil width every 16,000 years. 01.18.2012

How I Put a Murderer Away With Doppler Radar

Sometimes a smoking gun can be a weather pattern. 01.13.2012

The Citizen Scientist

In a former life, she was a cheerleader for the Philadelphia 76ers. Today she channels her enthusiasm into spreading the word that science is something anyone can do. 01.06.2012