Despite countless calls for more attention to the climate, global temperatures are still rapidly rising, which are warming oceans and melting glaciers. Scientists have long explained that ...

Only a select group of 50 jet jockeys worldwide possess the skill to master the demanding manoeuvres needed to land at Paro.

Ringed by mountains, Bhutan’s Paro International Airport (PBH) is widely considered one of the most technically difficult ...

Talk about on a wing and prayer. East of Mount Everest and the Himalayas is one of the world’s most notorious airstrips — one ...

Blowing snow can trick ultrasonic wind meters as well. In any case, Antarctica holds the Guinness World Record for the fastest katabatic wind (wind that travels down a slope), which was 168 mph ...

Geography and gravity combine here to unleash powerful katabatic winds—dense waves of cold air that rush down mountain corridors like avalanches tumbling toward the sea. The next blast hits.

Ringed by mountains, Bhutan’s Paro International Airport (PBH) is widely considered one of the most technically difficult plane landings in the world.

Research from 2013 had suggested these "troughs" might be caused by katabatic winds—winds that start off moving rapidly, causing erosion, and then quickly drop and slow down, resulting in deposits.

Superstorms and the Warming Oceans That Feed Them” is a mouthful of a title, but there’s a lot packed into its 254 pages.

Part memoir, part travelogue, part scientific reportage, Porter Fox's 'Category Five' is stuffed with statistics that could ...

A stunning blend of geographic features renders Bhutan a visual masterpiece. However, these same elements also transform flying in and out into a highly specialised skill.