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Cut Bank, Montana

Coldest Spot in America

A colossal concrete penguin announces this Montana town as the coldest spot in America. But is it really?
Sepp Kipfstuhl of the East Greenland Ice-Core Project examines a sample taken from where fast-moving and slow-moving ice meet in the Greenland Ice Sheet.
science

Wonder Is Everywhere: The New Tornado Alley, the Coolest Library in the World, and More From Around the Web

Get a peek into what we’re obsessed with right now.
April White June 23, 2023
Framingham, Massachusetts

Graves of John Cloyce & Abraham Rice

In 1777, two men were killed after being struck by lightning at the same time.
NOAA's P-3 N42RF.
science

Podcast: Hurricane Hunters

We go on a bumpy ride with the Hurricane Hunters, who fly into storms in the name of science.
The Podcast Team May 2, 2023
forests

Meet Nevada’s Bristlecone Pines, Some of the Oldest Trees on Earth

These ancient trees with a survivalist spirit inspire awe.
In 2011, a slow-moving tropical cyclone called Vania caused flooding and wind damage in parts of Vanuatu.
disasters

The Ni-Vanuatu Way To Prepare for a Storm

In Vanuatu, traditional knowledge provides resilience as tropical cyclones grow more intense.
Monica Evans April 3, 2023
Knoxville, Tennessee

Knoxville Weather Kiosk

Before TV meteorologists, there were weather kiosks. This may be the last one in the United States.
NASA satellites captured this ephemeral moment as open- and closed-cell marine stratocumulus clouds formed and dispersed over the Pacific Ocean, 1,000 miles west of Chile, in August 2022.
science

Marine Stratocumulus Clouds May Be the Most Important Clouds on Earth

These common formations create abstract designs and reveal important patterns of environmental change, big and small.
Gemma Tarlach March 14, 2023
science

Podcast: The Rainmaker

Was Charles Hatfield a scientist or a con man?
The Podcast Team February 7, 2023
Punxsutawney Phil is far from the only weather-predicting marmot on Groundhog Day.
holiday

The Alternative Groundhogs Vying for Punxsutawney Phil's Weather Forecasting Job

Don't forget about Big Al the Alligator and Scramble the Duck's predicting powers either.
Jennifer Byrne February 2, 2023
science

Podcast: Songs of Ice

How to appreciate ice without getting all that cold, with the Atlas Obscura Places Team.
The Podcast Team January 17, 2023
Saguaro National Park in full bloom.
birds

The Unique (and Surprisingly Wet) Biodiversity of the Sonoran Desert

In Arizona, the country’s most diverse desert teems with kaleidoscopic spring flowers, charming desert tortoises, and the famous saguaro cactus.
Parts of the Buffalo area saw more than 6 feet of snow over three days in November 2022.
science

What Is Lake-Effect Snow?

A snowstorm that slammed into Western New York left more than six feet of snow in places. Blame the Great Lakes.
Michael A. Rawlins November 21, 2022
Buland Darwaza (Door of Victory) at Fatehpur Sikri, the one-time capital of the Mughal Empire.
caves

Clues in Caves Suggest Drought May Have Brought Down India's Mughal Empire

Patterns in 1,000-year-old stalagmite formation connect the fall of empires, kingdoms, and industries to long and deadly dry periods.
Gayatri Kathayat September 26, 2022
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Copenhagen, Denmark

Vejrpigerne ('The Weather Girls')

This pair of gilded girls atop an Art Deco building in Copenhagen were built to function as a weather indicator.
Heavy rains and wind turned the usually featureless Salar de Uyuni salt flats into a riot of color in late January 2022.
floods

Wild Weather Has Turned Bolivia's Salt Flats Into a Work of Art

A satellite captures the stunning effects of heavy rain and high winds on a landscape that—coincidentally—is used to calibrate satellites.
Gemma Tarlach March 10, 2022
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San Antonio de Ureca, Equatorial Guinea

Ureka

This village surrounded by breathtaking waterfalls is one of the wettest places on earth.
How much snow has fallen in your neighborhood? It always seems like more when you're shoveling it.
science

The Surprising Science of Measuring Snowfall

When a winter storm wallops a region, an army of volunteers springs into action—but exact totals can be tricky.
Bill Syrett January 27, 2022