Meteorology

Struck by lightning, my face burned and my memory disappeared. Here is how I made it back

Scott Knudsen was holding his baby when a strike tore through his body. He reflects on the challenging, laughter-filled path to reclaiming his health and identity

Elle Hunt

09, May, 2023 @5:00 AM

Time to watch out for the wheatear

Early spring arrivals are long-haul travellers

Stephen Moss

16, Mar, 2023 @6:00 AM

How helium-filled weather balloons keep an eye on our sky

While some mistake balloons for UFOs, pilots and air traffic controllers are familiar with them

David Hambling

09, Mar, 2023 @6:00 AM

British weather still confounds forecasting supercomputers

Recent cold spell in the south-east shows how three- to five-day calculations can be wildly incorrect

Paul Brown

03, Feb, 2023 @6:00 AM

Outlook? Terrifying: TV weather presenters on the hell and horror of the climate crisis

What is it like to have a front row seat for the worst show in the world? Four meteorologists describe how they are explaining the reality to viewers – and coping with it themselves

Sam Wollaston

18, Jan, 2023 @6:00 AM

Whistles, cracks, hisses: the noises of the northern lights

Study finds some strong auroras are accompanied by noises from changes in the atmosphere

Kate Ravilious

05, Jan, 2023 @6:00 AM

Snowflake Bentley’s 19th-century images of snow crystals put online

Natural History Museum bought album of images by pioneering scientist in 1899 and has now digitised them

Hannah Devlin Science correspondent

04, Jan, 2023 @11:15 AM

Researchers discover two new minerals on meteorite grounded in Somalia

‘Phenomenal’ finds are named elaliite and elkinstantonite, and Canadian scientists are analysing third mineral

Oliver Holmes

29, Nov, 2022 @1:22 PM

Climate crisis will bring more and worse tropical cyclones to Australia’s east coast, study predicts

Research conducted jointly by IAG insurer and the US National Center for Atmospheric Research warns of ‘rapidly increasing risk’ from severe storms

Peter Hannam

14, Nov, 2022 @2:00 PM

BoM boss apologises for rebranding debacle and says there are ‘significant learnings’ for bureau

Andrew Johnson tells Senate hearing ‘image rebrand’ followed research suggesting elderly and new immigrants were confused by term BoM

Graham Readfearn

28, Oct, 2022 @7:27 AM

How the climate crisis is threatening power supply stability

Extreme weather events mean once reliable sources of power can fail