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Having followed in his footsteps at the Princeton Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Halley Professor of Physics Raymond Pierrehumbert reflects on Syukuro Manabe’s Nobel Prize-winning work

Professor Tim Palmer has been awarded honorary fellowship of the Institute of Physics in recognition of his long and remarkable career

Professor Philip Stier has been awarded the Institute of Physics’ Edward Appleton Medal and Prize 2021, and elected as a Fellow of the Institute of Physics in recognition of his personal contribution to the advancement of physics as a discipline and a pro

Oxford physicists are delighted to hear that NASA has confirmed its latest Earth science mission: Investigation of Convective Updrafts (INCUS).

Dr Duncan Watson-Parris and Professor Philip Stier in the Department of Physics are bringing together leading researchers from around the world for a United Nations ITU AI for Good: AI for Climate Science

Commentary: Professor Vivien Parmentier explains how the unprecedented measurement of both oxygen and carbon atoms in an exoplanet atmosphere provides clues to understanding how planetary systems form.

It is with great sadness that the Department of Physics shares the passing of Professor Geert Jan van Oldenborgh, Visiting Professor at the Department of Physics and a highly regarded and warmly respected colleague.

Currently vice-president, Professor Lesley Gray will take up the presidency of the Royal Meteorological Society for two years from October 2022

Dr Kevin Olsen, UKSA Aurora Fellow, is working on data analysis for the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter; here he comments on the latest finding from the TGO and what they mean for life on Mars.

A profile of leading climate scientist Professor Philip Stier

Scientists from the Department of Physics at the University of Oxford have monitored the variations of water vapour and semi-heavy water in the atmosphere of Mars using observations from the ESA-Roscosmos ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter.

British scientists will play a leading role in a new mission to study the geology and atmosphere of Venus, our neighbouring planet, helping determine whether it was once habitable – and why Earth became the only known planet that can sustain life.