“We used to observe storms less frequently and with satellites that had lower resolution, and consequently, we likely couldn’t measure rapid intensification as well as we can now.” (CNN)
“Storms that behave this way “are fairly rare,” writes CIRA’s Chris Slocum. “There isn’t enough information yet to say if rapid intensification is happening more often.” (Vox)
A new generation of detectors let scientists identify a dozen large episodes of bioluminescence, one a hundred times larger than Manhattan — and that’s the smallest. (New York Times)