The trade winds are permanent east-to-west prevailing winds that flow in Earth's equatorial region, blowing mainly from the northeast in the Northern Hemisphere and from the southeast in the Southern ...

Destructive winds during storms and cyclones often cause tree failures, especially through uprooting and stem breakage. However, how trees respond to wind under various forest configurations and ...

A Florida International University student has exposed a hidden driver of coastal flooding, and it could help improve warning systems for entire communities. Earth and Environment Ph.D. student ...

The ultrahot exoplanet WASP‑121 b has strong winds that transport material in different directions depending on the altitude in the planet’s atmosphere. High-resolution observations have mapped these ...

Scientists have discovered an unexpected pattern within the turbulent solar wind: magnetic fields tend to rotate in opposite ...

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 ...