During a recent trip to Bhutan, [electronut] wished for a device that would show the temperature and altitude at the various places he visited in the Kingdom. Back home after his trip, he built this ...

Altitude and barometric pressure are closely related. As altitude increases, barometric pressure decreases, or stated another way, barometric pressure is inversely proportional to altitude. This is ...

Investigators probing a Boeing 737-500’s below-glidepath approach to Usinsk, before the jet struck a snow bank upon landing, have revealed that the crew did not correct the altitude for the freezing ...

Fluctuation in air pressure on flights, if not regulated, can lead to serious consequences, as the passengers on a recent Jet Airways flight discovered. But how is pressure maintained on a flight and ...

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Diabetic individuals considering a mountain journey need to understand the potential risks of the environmental extremes they may experience at high altitudes. Diabetic individuals considering a ...

NASA scientists have identified an unexpected high-altitude methane ice cloud on Saturn’s moon Titan that is similar to exotic clouds found far above Earth’s poles. This lofty cloud, imaged by NASA’s ...