In a quiet village in western Switzerland, an unassuming stretch of railway has become a proving ground for an ambitious idea: turning train tracks into linear solar farms.

Enter geoengineering, the bold and controversial concept of deliberately manipulating Earth’s climate systems to counteract global warming. Once relegated to the realm of dystopian fiction, geoengineering is now being debated in scientific journals, government meetings, and even corporate boardrooms.

Flash floods are one of the world’s most treacherous weather events, as they occur with little warning and can cause severe damage and loss of life.

The Caribbean islands, Florida, and the Mexican Riviera are well known as popular vacation hotspots, but since 2011, these beautiful locations

Reprocessing spent nuclear fuel can wring carbon-free electricity from uranium and its fissile byproducts —and drastically shrink the volume and toxicity of radioactive waste, and sharply reduce the need for uranium mining that scars natural landscapes.