For collecting weather data, tiny satellites measure up to billion-dollar cousins
Friday, September 28, 2018 - 07:50
in Earth & Climate
Big storms are getting bigger. Typhoon Jebi became the strongest tropical cyclone to hit Japan in 25 years and killed at least 10 people this past summer. Hurricane Florence awed even veteran meteorologists with its powerful combination of high winds and extreme moisture when it made landfall in North Carolina on Sept. 14.