I teach meteorology at Georgia Tech, in a part of the country that pays close attention to the Atlantic hurricane season. Here’s a quick look at one of the key forces that can determine whether a ...

Winds always rotate in a counterclockwise sense around hurricanes in the Northern Hemisphere. Winds in tornadoes usually rotate counterclockwise, but in perhaps five percent of tornadoes, clockwise ...

Hurricanes are intense low pressure systems with a counterclockwise wind circulation in the Northern Hemisphere. Hurricane forecasters define quadrants of the storm with respect to the direction the ...

Typically, “wind energy” conjures up images of massive turbines in large fields or out at sea. Aeromine Technologies has created a bladeless wind energy system that sits on the rooftops of commercial ...

Hurricane season can get pretty confusing when it comes to terminology - we get it. There are a lot of terms that sound similar, but their distinctions are crucial throughout the life cycle of a ...