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Answers: Hurricane rainbands
Q: Cross-cut figures of hurricanes show a structure like a jelly roll turned on end and sliced through the middle. Are these rings all connected in a continuous spiral or are they multiple rings? (I suspect they are continuous.) Also, how do they develop in the evolution of a hurricane? That is, why isn't the hurricane just a big homogeneous storm?... »
A companionable guide to climate change
Until I watched the preview DVD of "Earth: The Operators' Manual" a couple of weeks ago, I had never viewed a television program about climate change that I particularly liked. PBS stations began airing the show on April 10--with some showing it a few days later. More information on the show and when it's scheduled to run is available online. While other climate... »
Photos of the Shuttle Discovery launch
The photos in this gallery snow the first two minutes of the Feb. 24, 2011 Space Shuttle Discovery launch. They were taken using a 300 mm lens from the media area at the Kennedy Space Center, Fla., which is approximately three miles from the launch pad. Note that from photo 6 to photo 9 in the gallery Discovery rolls so that the orbiter... »
Washington Post upgrades Web weather
The Washington Post is jumping headfirst into using weather to attract readers; something television stations have been doing since the 1960s but that newspapers have mostly ignored. In his Dec. 10 Sunday column Andrew Alexander, the Post's Ombudsman, said: "Many readers have called or e-mailed asking what's behind the expanded . The answer: opportunity, and a fierce battle for the... »
