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GPS tracker sheds light on how birds ride out high-speed storms
One male rose to high altitude during a typhoon and was carried over Japan, looping around five timesStreaked …
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History of the Mackintosh: 200 years of the classic raincoat
Invented by the Scottish chemist Charles Macintosh, the rainproof overcoat first went on sale in Glasgow in 18…
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Weatherwatch: the Japanese legend of the wind weasel
Folklore tells of the kamaitachi, a flying creature with claws like sickles, that cuts like the windEveryone k…
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Weatherwatch: how typhoons in Korea made California wildfires worse
New study highlights how events in one region can create a domino effect felt thousands of miles awayLast year…
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Weatherwatch: storms that make the earth move
Most earthquakes last only seconds. But some can go on for hours or even days. Research has discovered that sl…