Japan is an archipelago with diverse climate zones and complex topography that is prone to heavy rain and flooding. Add the ...

While artificial intelligence has ushered in a new era of more accurate weather forecasting, A.I. models may still struggle to predict freak storms. This week a historic blizzard blanketed the ...

When I wrote about the hidden sensors on Android phones, the two sensors that stood out the most were a magnetometer that turns your phone into a metal detector and a barometer, which is supposed to ...

Since the 1800s, Groundhog Day has been observed on Feb. 2. The longstanding tradition calls for groundhogs to tell us if ...

Winter storms this week have shattered records, taken lives, and forced people to hunker down at home from Texas to Maine. The ability to forecast weather this severe days in advance helps people ...