Telescopes and space missions Research update Thunder storm radiation amazes physicists Italy's AGILE mission monitors gamma rays from thunderclouds Read article: Thunder storm radiation amazes physicists
Climate Research update X-ray vision tracks lightning bursts Researchers are first to see X-rays spew out of lightning bolts Read article: X-ray vision tracks lightning bursts
Renewables Opinion and reviews Beware delay Alan Robock is unhappy with the weight given to the view of climate 'sceptics' Read article: Beware delay
Renewables Research update Geothermal project targets radioactive granite 'Hot dry rocks' offer carbon-free energy Read article: Geothermal project targets radioactive granite
Climate Research update APS responds to climate-change accusations Society refutes claim that it financially benefits from climate research Read article: APS responds to climate-change accusations
Planetary science Research update Asteroid crash would devastate ozone layer Deadly rise in UV radiation expected after mid-sized impact Read article: Asteroid crash would devastate ozone layer
Climate Research update Fresh water may have cooled North Atlantic Mid-century temperature dip not due to aerosols, says new research Read article: Fresh water may have cooled North Atlantic
Policy and funding Opinion and reviews Knowledge from a vast effort Rasmus Benestad looks at the link between computer models, politics and global warming Read article: Knowledge from a vast effort
Renewables Feature Urban cool: how to make cities less hot than their surroundings Summer in the city can be stifling, but appropriate surfaces and vegetation can cool us off, says Roland Ennos Read article: Urban cool: how to make cities less hot than their surroundings
Earth sciences Research update Cities may be attracting hurricanes Modelling shows that a built-up coast can alter the path of tropical cyclones Read article: Cities may be attracting hurricanes