Weather turns weird

Just before Christmas, a bitter wind blew in. Ice and snow descended, first in Scotland and then, on Boxing Day, across the rest of the UK. Before it could melt or the new year arrive, a second blizza

SIMON ROWELL ON MID-OCEAN SQUALLS

Amazing answers to your curious questions

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For many years the musician and ecologist Bernie Krause has lived in the Sonoma Valley in California, a base from which he travelled the globe to record natural soundscapes, creating the largest priva

A massive blob deep under Hawaii seems to be ...