Environment and energy

Research headlines

Iceberg melting is driven by geometry, experiments reveal

Updated model of how icebergs melt could inform climate change predictions

New type of fallout from Fukushima Daiichi found a decade after nuclear disaster

Particles are large and highly radioactive

Iridium in undersea crater confirms asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs

Rock cores from Chicxulub crater contain elements associated with Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event

Earthquake intensities could be reduced by injecting fluids, soggy paper experiment reveals

Kitchen roll and spring model simulates magnitude 5.9 earthquake

International Space Station sheds light on blue jets from thunderstorms

Phenomenon unleashes waves of ionization in the upper atmosphere

Thunder clouds gather over the ocean as seen from the deck of a ship

Pollutants and other aerosols trigger more intense thunderstorms

New “humidity entrainment” mechanism helps explain long-observed association between atmospheric particles and storm activity

Opinion and reviews

Olkiluoto nuclear-power plant in Finland

A million years into the future: why you need a dose of very deep thinking

Green technology and growth: a vision we can believe in

James McKenzie believes the UK government’s ambitious 10-point-plan for a “green industrial revolution” can deliver

Why physics-based firms benefit from green-strings-attached economic-recovery measures

James McKenzie applauds physics-based firms that are helping the environment

Video showcase

How can wildfires trigger thunderstorms?

What happened to all the plastic we released into the oceans?

Blue energy: innovative ways of harnessing energy from the oceans

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Latest articles

Digging up magnetic clues: archaeology sheds light on magnetic moments of the past

Rachel Brazil explains how magnetic information stored in ancient artefacts reveals the recent history of the Earth’s magnetic field

Chemo-mechanics of preventing dendrite penetration in Li metal cells

Join the audience for a live webinar on 24 March 2021 sponsored by The Electrochemical Society

How gravitational waves could reveal flaws in a black-hole theorem, satellites lead an agricultural revolution

This week’s podcast features black-hole and satellite-imaging experts

Quantum-enabled scanner will boost our understanding of brain function, doing research 6.5 km under the ocean’s surface

In this week’s podcast we also talk about the cold snap in Texas

Dynamic light scattering in electrochemical energy conversion systems

Available to watch now, The Electrochemical Society, in partnership with HORIBA Scientific, explores how dynamic light scattering helps prepare catalyst inks

How sidewinder snakes slither sideways, the challenges of creating sustainable infrastructure

This week’s podcast features a snake locomotion expert and a sustainable infrastructure specialist are on the podcast this week

Severe wildfires create towering thunderstorms, how to launch a new scientific society

This podcast features meteorologist David Peterson and medical scientists Amy Berrington and Suman Shrestha

Global map of tiny ‘third-degree tides’ made using satellite observations

Measurement and analysis of effect described as “truly astounding”

Learning the lessons from the Haiyuan quake 100 years on

The day “the mountains walked” destroyed several cities in China and killed 230,000 people

Oxygen and carbon monoxide electrocatalysis for renewable-energy conversion

The Electrochemical Society, in partnership with Hiden Analytical and the Royal Society of Chemistry, explores the interfacial structure and properties for oxygen and carbon monoxi...

Durable perovskite solar cells

The Electrochemical Society, in partnership with Hiden Analytical and the Royal Society of Chemistry, explores the durability and instability issues of perovskite solar cells

Lightning ‘superbolts’ have a unique formation mechanism, satellite studies suggest

Flashes can be 1000 times brighter than normal lightning

Physics challenges for green aviation

The aviation industry is exploring new directions to become environmentally friendly, as Brian Tillotson explains

Radiative cooling boosts solar cell voltage by as much as 25%

Temperature reduction could also increase lifetime of photovoltaic systems

Electrochemistry in rechargeable lithium metal batteries

The Electrochemical Society, in partnership with Hiden Analytical, Royal Society of Chemistry, BioLogic and Admiral Instruments, explores the developments needed for next-generatio...