Physicists are fond of Gedankenexperimente—thought experiments that are difficult or impossible to perform in the real world. Schrödinger’s cat is a well-known example of a thought experiment, used to ...

This is the view described by Durham glaciologist Tom Chudley, when writing about his research showing the Greenland ice ...

The British government is expected to approve new experiments in the coming weeks aimed at dimming sunlight as a potential solution to curb global warming — despite the fact that England averages just ...

It never used to be possible to attribute individual weather events to climate change and map their full consequences. Thanks ...

Woods Hole researchers, Adam Subhas (left) and Chris Murray, conducted a series of lab experiments earlier this year to test the impact of an alkaline substance, known as sodium hydroxide, on copepods ...

Nitrogen shortage limits young tropical forest growth, slowing carbon capture that could help fight climate change.

As the climate warms and nutrient inputs shift, algal communities in cool, clear mountain lakes like Lake Tahoe will likely experience seasonal changes, according to a study from the University of ...

Monarch butterflies have always been remarkably resilient. Every fall, these delicate orange-and-black travelers set out on a journey so improbable it borders on myth, flying some three thousand ...

Climate change is already fueling dangerous heat waves, raising sea levels and transforming the oceans. Even if countries ...