Read article: Large-scale solar farms could increase rainfall in some arid regions
Freshwater supplies could be boosted on the Arabian Red Sea coastal plain, study suggests
Read article: Science takes centre stage at COP26
New commitments on climate innovation but climate summit outcome looks set to disappoint
Read article: The COP26 climate summit: what scientists hope it will achieve
Eight researchers share their realistic expectations for the UN world leaders summit in Glasgow
Read article: Sprinkling basalt over soil could remove huge amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere
Amending soils with volcanic dust would sequester greenhouse gas without changing land use
Read article: Climate change threatens future astronomical observations
Higher humidity and increased air turbulence need to be taken into account when designing and building new observatories, say researchers
Read article: Ice-core mission in the Swiss Alps abandoned due to surprisingly hard glacier
Expedition sought to preserve ice record for future scientific investigations
Read article: Has the COVID-19 lockdown changed Earth’s climate?
Dramatic drops in air pollution offer scientists a rare opportunity to study its links with climate and weather. But as Kate Ravilious discovers, it's a complicated connection
Read article: Solar geoengineering could cause unwanted changes in climate, new modelling suggests
Bid to mitigate global warming could stagnate weather systems
Read article: NASA satellite missions track 16 years of Earth’s melting ice sheets
Data from NASA’s ICESat and ICESat-2 missions reveal that ice sheet losses from Greenland and Antarctica have contributed 14 mm to sea level rise since 2003
Read article: How COVID-19 is impacting global weather and climate observation
On Earth Day’s 50th anniversary, Petteri Taalas and Lars Peter Riishojgaard, of the World Meteorological Organization, talk to James Dacey about the WMO’s response to the global pand...
