The cleanest chamber ever built is allowing researchers at CERN to track the microscopic processes governing cloud formation
Read article: CLOUD experiment at CERN aids climate predictions
Ashley Dale examines the devastating impact that a solar super-storm could have on life on Earth
Read article: What if a solar super-storm hit?
Mapping faults and monitoring seismicity could make storage less risky
Read article: How to avoid earthquakes when storing carbon dioxide underground
$465m Orbiting Carbon Observatory will map carbon sources and sinks
Read article: Reborn carbon mission launches after five-year wait
A book about the 1783 eruption of the Icelandic volcano Laki and the lessons it holds for us today, reviewed by Hazel Rymer
Read article: From the past, a fiery warning
Wave energy travels further than expected through Antarctic ice
Read article: Big waves cause trouble for sea ice
University of Reading physicist's claims rejected by journal publisher
Read article: Dispute arises over rejected climate-science paper
Mission will monitor the Earth in unprecedented detail
Read article: Europe launches first Sentinel satellite
Spectroscopy reveals silicon and iron in glowing orb
Read article: Burning soil fuels ball lightning
Find out more about the key physics events of the coming year – and those we predict might happen
Read article: The world of physics in 2014
