Solar activity could dictate river flow
Sunspot counting could help predict future floods
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…And now for the next 20 years
Six leading physicists peek into the future
Two decades and counting…
Opening this special issue marking the 20th anniversary of the launch of Physics World, Matin Durrani says that the magazine still has a vital role to play in th...
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US Nobel laureates: vote Obama
Prize-winners rally behind Democratic nominee as he issues 'plan for science and innovation'
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Climate chaos
A few years back after a particularly wet spell, Lenny Smith found that his local pub in Oxford had been flooded...
Cloud-seeding ships could combat climate change
Pumping salt water into the air could keep global temperatures stable for decades, say scientists
Fastest supercomputer overtaken by Roadrunner
US machine will be used initially to model cosmology, astrophysics and the climate
Upper troposphere is warming after all, research shows
Wind data imply a 0.65 °C rise in temperature per decade since 1970
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Polar vortex replicated in a bucket
Researchers make triangular, square and other polygonal vortices appear in swirling water
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The heat is on
Glaciers, satellite technology and climate change
