extreme weather

Avoid These Common Travel Mistakes in a Heat Wave
Bob Elliott
Record-setting heatwaves have been making headlines this summer and are likely to continue in the coming weeks. That means those ...

Milton Disrupted the Flow of Drinking Water—so Florida Deployed a Machine to Harvest It From Air
Albert Wagner
David Stuckenberg, cofounder and chief operations officer at Genesis Systems, explains that the WaterCube uses proprietary liquid and solid sorbents—materials ...

Darpa Thinks Walls of Oysters Could Protect Shores Against Hurricanes
Albert Wagner
On October 10, 2018, Tyndall Air Force Base on the Gulf of Mexico—a pillar of American air superiority—found itself under ...

Hurricane Helene Will Send Shockwaves Through the Semiconductor Industry
Albert Wagner
A spokesperson for Sibelco said: “As of September 26th, we have temporarily halted operations at the Spruce Pine facilities in ...

How to Build a Hurricane-Proof House
Albert Wagner
The views from the lot were so great that she had the idea of building a circular house, so that ...