The strongest hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic was Hurricane Patricia (2015) with winds of 345 km/h.

Truffle fungi form symbiotic relationships with tree roots and can't be cultivated artificially.

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

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

Glacier retreat is causing 'peak water' — rivers fed by glaciers will eventually have less water as glaciers disappear.

Truffles grow only in symbiosis with specific tree roots — they cannot be cultivated reliably, keeping them expensive.

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

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

Volcanic eruptions can produce lightning within ash clouds.