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In depth: Geophysics & environmental physics
Urban cool
Aug 2, 2010 2 comments Feature
Summer in the city can be stifling, but appropriate surfaces and vegetation can cool us off, says Roland Ennos
Damage limitation
Aug 2, 2010 1 comment Feature
Treating tumours with hadrons rather than X-rays has many benefits for patients, as John Gordon explains
Fusion's bright new dawn
Apr 30, 2010 2 comments Feature
The world's largest laser could transform the search for abundant, carbon-free electricity, as Mike Dunne explains
The unsettled heavens
Feb 2, 2010 Review
Aaron Leonard enjoys a fictionalized account of a meteorologist's role in the D-Day landings
Between the lines
Jan 5, 2010 Review
The other Oppenheimer, cooking for astronauts and the "amazing" Grace Hopper
Between the lines
Dec 1, 2009 Review
A round-up of the best books to put on your Christmas shopping list – or for someone else to buy for you
The lure of synchrotrons
Nov 2, 2009 1 comment Opinion
Robert P Crease asks how sound are the arguments that the next generation of synchrotron sources are an essential tool for meeting the energy challenge?
Sustainability made simple
Oct 1, 2009 Review
Niall MacKay and Roger Edgar assess what the UK government's new climate adviser has to say on energy
Wrong but useful
Oct 1, 2009 12 comments Feature
Gavin Schmidt explains how climate models are becoming an essential tool for politicians and policymakers
The road to sustainability
Oct 1, 2009 1 comment Feature
"Sustainability" is the hottest topic in energy research today, but what does it actually mean? George Crabtree and John Sarrao describe what makes a technology sustainable, and outline the materials-science challenges standing between us and clean, long-lasting energy
Publicize or perish
Oct 1, 2009 16 comments Opinion
Joseph Romm urges scientists to do much more to warn the public of the dangers of climate change
Web life: Clim'City
Oct 1, 2009 2 comments Review
Try the game that lets you stave off climate change
Challenges in tackling climate change
Oct 1, 2009 5 comments Opinion
In order to limit global warming by reducing carbon emissions, Lord Browne argues that the biggest barriers to a low-carbon economy in the UK are not scientific or technological but political
Plan B for climate change
Sep 2, 2009 8 comments Opinion
Techniques to manipulate the Earth's climate are now rightly entering mainstream debate
Engineering the climate
Sep 1, 2009 11 comments Feature
Geoengineering has so far been something of a taboo topic for climate scientists. Peter Cox and Hazel Jeffery explain why it is now time to take it seriously
