Lasers Research update Making rain with lasers Ultra-intense laser beam found to induce cloud formation Read article: Making rain with lasers
Planetary science Research update Melting ice amplifies Arctic warming Re-analysis links disappearing sea ice with strong Arctic temperature rise Read article: Melting ice amplifies Arctic warming
Climate Research update Antarctic conveyor belt revealed in detail Researchers track Antarctic Bottom Water as it speeds northwards Read article: Antarctic conveyor belt revealed in detail
Planetary science Research update Volcanic hazards could become fiercer and more frequent Melting ice could increase volcanic activity in the 21st century, warn geologists Read article: Volcanic hazards could become fiercer and more frequent
Telescopes and space missions Research update Physicists find a particle accelerator in the sky Radio waves suggest lightning 'sprites' create powerful electron beams Read article: Physicists find a particle accelerator in the sky
Renewables Research update Where has all the heat gone? Climate scientists ponder Earth’s missing energy Read article: Where has all the heat gone?
Telescopes and space missions Research update Ice mission blasts off The European Space Agency's CryoSat-2 satellite will monitor changes in Earth's ice thicknesses Read article: Ice mission blasts off
Policy and funding News Concerns raised over Institute of Physics climate submission Institute faces criticism over its evidence to UK parliamentary inquiry on climate change Read article: Concerns raised over Institute of Physics climate submission
Planetary science Research update Earth’s magnetic field older than we thought But it offered little defence against a young, aggressive Sun Read article: Earth’s magnetic field older than we thought
Climate Opinion and reviews The unsettled heavens Aaron Leonard enjoys a fictionalized account of a meteorologist's role in the D-Day landings Read article: The unsettled heavens