Fire whirls, or fire tornadoes, form when intense heat creates a rotating column of air that picks up burning debris.

Ball lightning is a rare phenomenon of glowing spheres of light that drift through the air — its cause is still debated.

Lightning can heat air hotter than the surface of the Sun.

Seed banks like the Svalbard Global Seed Vault preserve the genetic diversity of the world's crops.

The touch-me-not plant (Mimosa pudica) closes its leaves when touched and remembers the stimulus for weeks.

Deforestation releases CO₂ stored in trees while also eliminating future carbon absorption capacity.

Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater was built directly over a waterfall in Pennsylvania — and required structural reinforcement decades later.

Some trees can communicate with each other using underground fungal networks.

Lightning can heat air hotter than the surface of the Sun.