NORFOLK, Va. — The movement of tropical systems, from depressions, to storms and larger hurricanes is dependent on the wind currents they encounter. But how do we know what winds will move these ...

A team of planetary scientists and oceanographers from NOAA, the Indian National Center for Ocean Information Services, and the University of Zagreb, has found an example of an exception to Ekman's ...

Ocean currents in the Bay of Bengal were seen turning left of the wind, revealing limits in Ekman’s century-old circulation theory.

The National Hurricane Center is tracking two hurricanes and a system expected to become the season's next tropical depression, according to the latest advisory. Hurricane Lee lost a little strength ...

Urban Sky will deploy high-altitude balloons over Colorado this year to prove out an inexpensive way to spot wildfires taking hold. This August, strange balloons will drift high above Colorado. These ...

Hurricane Erin, the first hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic season, continues to barrel through the Atlantic and, while it will not make landfall in the United States, New Jersey and much of the East ...

The simplest definition of wind is air in motion. Wind is generated by uneven pressure in the atmosphere, which is caused by uneven heating by the Sun, land, and oceans. The air closest to the ground ...