Telescopes and space missions News Our favourite pictures of 2012 From bio-engineered jellyfish and levitating drops to lunar landscapes Read article: Our favourite pictures of 2012
Surfaces and interfaces Research update Carbon dioxide ‘corrodes’ ice, say scientists Rising greenhouse-gas concentrations could make glaciers more likely to crack Read article: Carbon dioxide ‘corrodes’ ice, say scientists
Climate Research update Geoengineering is ‘comparatively inexpensive’ Pumping aerosols into the atmosphere is relatively cheap, say researchers Read article: Geoengineering is ‘comparatively inexpensive’
Renewables Video What is carbon capture and storage? James Verdon explains the principle of trapping carbon dioxide in rocks Read article: What is carbon capture and storage?
Renewables Video What is fracking? James Verdon describes how to squeeze out hard-to-reach shale gas Read article: What is fracking?
Metrology Research update Giant carbon-capturing funnels discovered in Southern Ocean Five 1000 km-wide carbon-sink zones identified Read article: Giant carbon-capturing funnels discovered in Southern Ocean
Climate Research update Geoengineering balloon trial cancelled SPICE project will be limited to lab experiments Read article: Geoengineering balloon trial cancelled
Climate Research update Geophysicists fingerprint sea-level rise Technique links ice-sheet melting to ocean observations Read article: Geophysicists fingerprint sea-level rise
Climate Research update Reflective roofs and pavements could fight climate change Cool surfaces could lower global temperatures by 0.07 °C Read article: Reflective roofs and pavements could fight climate change
Planetary science Research update Fossilized raindrops dampen theory of ancient warming Atmospheric pressure was not higher 2.7 billion years ago Read article: Fossilized raindrops dampen theory of ancient warming