December 10th is a day Kentuckians won't soon forget after a destructive, long-track tornado crossed through our state. Experts met recently to discuss a measured wind gust that occurred that night ...
A research team from the South China Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) studied the global variability of plant hydraulics in relation to wind speed. Their findings are ...
Blowing in the wind: a broken tree trunk. (Courtesy: Alexandre Ponomarenko) During storms, there is a critical wind speed, of around 42 m/s (90 mph), at which almost all tree trunks break – ...