‘Space tornadoes’ could cause geomagnetic storms – but these phenomena, spun off ejections from the Sun, aren’t easy to study

In a study published in October 2025 in the Astrophysical Journal, we modeled one of the sources of these geomagnetic storms: small, tornado-like vortices spun off of an ejection from the Sun. These ...

What could Hurricane Milton do to Tampa Bay? Here's a 'catastrophic' scenario.

What could Hurricane Milton do to Tampa Bay? Here's a 'catastrophic' scenario. Four years ago, a disaster planning project called "Hurricane Phoenix" imagined what the worst-case scenario would be for ...
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Mechanisms Linking Stratospheric Gravity Wave Activity to Hurricane Intensification: Insights From Model Simulation of Hurricane Joaquin

The Nature Index 2025 Research Leaders — previously known as Annual Tables — reveal the leading institutions and countries/territories in the natural and health sciences, according to their output in ...