Physics World is delighted to announce its Top 10 Breakthroughs of the Year for 2025, which includes research in astronomy, ...

For the first time, scientists have resolved extremely intense tropical cyclones and their effect on the ocean carbon cycle in a global Earth system model. Using two category-4 hurricanes in the North ...

Westerly wind bursts can trigger the beginning of a shift from La Niña to El Niño, a change that can have big consequences ...

The U.S. has become a “side character” in the global story of renewable energy, experts say. China dominates the sector, with ...

We present a comprehensive global temporal dataset of commercial solar photovoltaic (PV) farms and onshore wind turbines, derived from high-resolution satellite imagery analyzed quarterly from the ...