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 ...

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 ...

As heat waves intensify and seasons slip out of their old patterns, the survival of honey bees is becoming a test case for ...

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.

Companies are coming up with plans to block out the sun - Private companies are jumping into the race to deploy particles to the atmosphere to reduce global warming, prompting enthusiasm from ...

When engineers and planners design roads, bridges and dams, they rely on hydrological models intended to protect ...

A short walk beneath the dense Amazon canopy, the forest abruptly opens up. Fallen logs are rotting, the trees grow sparser, and the temperature rises in places sunlight hits the ground. This is what ...

Climate change also alters nitrogen in soils and plants, shaping food quality, water safety, and pollution risks worldwide.