New characterization of the material's surface reveals how an atom-level rearrangement aids the formation of ice crystals and promotes precipitation
Read article: Scientists explain why ‘seeding’ clouds with silver iodide is so efficient
Increasing CO2 levels are triggering changes in the ionosphere that will adversely affect signals, say scientists
Read article: Extra carbon in the atmosphere may disrupt radio communications
Finding could improve climate models and advance prospects for geoengineering climate via cloud seeding
Read article: Desert dust helps freeze clouds in the northern hemisphere
Devices are levitated by sunlight alone
Read article: Nano-engineered flyers could soon explore Earth’s mesosphere
Crowd-sourced data could improve global navigation satellite systems such as GPS
Read article: Millions of smartphones monitor Earth’s ever-changing ionosphere
Michael Allen on how essential it is to understand how clouds respond to climate
Read article: Cloudy with a chance of warming: how physicists are studying the dynamical impact of clouds on climate change
Unexpected finding could help determine the safest times to launch spacecraft
Read article: Lightning sets off bursts of high-energy electrons in Earth’s inner radiation belt
Electric fields near Earth’s surface are stronger than expected
Read article: Mountaintop observations of gamma-ray glow could shed light on origins of lightning
In this podcast we chat about active matter, artificial intelligence and storm Ciarán
Read article: Looking to the future of statistical physics, how intense storms can affect your cup of tea
Pollution from decommissioned satellites re-entering the atmosphere poses a risk to the Earth’s protective ozone layer
Read article: Satellites burning up in the atmosphere may deplete Earth’s ozone layer
