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 ...

In this video, we discuss why a specific scientific experiment, despite its innovation, is not the solution to climate change ...

TOMALES BAY -- A pivotal experiment to address the impact of livestock on climate change is taking place in our backyard, as a farm in the North Bay gets closer to becoming carbon neutral. Scientists ...

Researchers conducting an experiment in Alameda to determine the feasibility of mitigating global warming by spraying sea salt particles into the air are looking at their next steps after the city ...

To cool our planet in the wake of climate change, some scientists have advocated for blocking sunlight by using clouds as giant reflectors. But early forays into these feats of so-called marine cloud ...

COPPER MOUNTAIN, Colo. — Something is happening at the Copper Mountain Resort – they've turned 550 acres of ski runs into a carbon sequestration experiment. The resorts ecologist and sustainability ...

SANTA CLARA COUNTY, Calif. – Luke Iseman and Andrew Song weren’t doing anything illegal hauling around 200-pound cylinders of sulfur dioxide in Song’s RV to pump into weather balloons. Against the law ...

When temperatures soar, so do heart attacks. Now, a lab experiment explains just how temperatures climbing into Fahrenheit’s three-digits can cause ischemia and potential heart attacks, all while ...

On a brisk September morning, Brian Palik’s footfalls land quietly on a path in flickering light beneath a red pine canopy in Minnesota’s iconic Northwoods. A mature red pine, also called Norway pine, ...

As the climate warms and nutrient inputs shift, algal communities in cool, clear mountain lakes like Lake Tahoe will likely experience seasonal changes, according to a study from the University of ...