articles

The jet stream, the narrow band of westerly winds circling the northern hemisphere, is stagnating, giving rise to severe heat across much of the globe, and climate change may be making it worse, a new study finds.

Anyone who has ever perspired on a hot summer day understands the principle — and critical value — of evaporative cooling.

Researchers led by a team at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have created the first tool to map and visualize the areas where human settlements and nature meet on a global scale. 

The transition to an environmentally sustainable economy has begun, but it will be a generation (about twenty years) before we will see moderation of global warming.

Carbon-based materials have several qualities that make them attractive as catalysts for speeding up chemical reactions.