Physicists are fond of Gedankenexperimente—thought experiments that are difficult or impossible to perform in the real world. Schrödinger’s cat is a well-known example of a thought experiment, used to ...
Companies are coming up with plans to block out the sun - Private companies are jumping into the race to deploy particles to ...
Climate change is already fueling dangerous heat waves, raising sea levels and transforming the oceans. Even if countries ...
The Trump administration’s decision to withdraw the United States from the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) ...
When engineers and planners design roads, bridges and dams, they rely on hydrological models intended to protect ...
Dr. Victor is a professor of innovation and public policy at the University of California, San Diego, and a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. On its face, 2025 looks like a year ...
Climate change also alters nitrogen in soils and plants, shaping food quality, water safety, and pollution risks worldwide.
GRAND RAPIDS, Minn. — The forest about a half hour north of Grand Rapids is quiet, with a narrow dirt road winding between tall trees. A small sign reading "Marcell Experimental Forest" is the only ...
Researchers from the IIASA Biodiversity and Natural Resources Program are involved in the recently launched EU-funded Trees4Adapt project. The project focuses on tree-based solutions for climate ...
Roy Scranton is an essayist, novelist, literary critic, climate philosopher, and author, most recently, of “Impasse: Climate Change and the Limits of Progress.” He teaches at the University of Notre ...