The Challenges of Predicting Tornadoes

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Zara Biavati is a sustainability educator and climate optimist. The key to helping fight the plastics crisis will be taking meaningful action at every level, large and small. We are all accountable for our part in this crisis, and together we can ignite change. Learn more about how you can take collective action at scjohnson.com slash action matters.

8 minutes, 24 seconds. That’s the average amount of warning time people get before a tornado touches down. To do better, and to understand tornadoes, scientists need to confront more of these storms, head on.

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