The US Navy maintains an indoor ocean capable of simulating some of the world’s worst weather conditions, even with waves only four feet tall. These tests rely on scale models, which highlight design ...

Inside the Navy’s test basins, ship models are dragged, flooded with waves, and even self-propelled to reveal how their full-sized counterparts will behave at sea. Freshwater is used to avoid ...

Weather prediction systems provide critical information about dangerous storms, deadly heat waves and potential droughts, among other climate emergencies. But they're not always accurate. And ...