The processes that haul gold up to the surface from deep within Earth's mantle rely on the sulfur that bubbles beneath active volcanoes. Two new papers have agreed that some forms of sulfur form ...

Microbiologists discover bacteria that eliminate toxic sulfide and use iron minerals to grow. An international group of researchers led by microbiologists Marc Mussmann and Alexander Loy at the ...

Instead of sulfur dioxide, the University of Washington researchers are using specially designed nozzles to spray misted seawater containing tiny particles of sea salt over the deck of the Hornet.

Last week, we covered the efforts of a small environmental startup called Make Sunsets that was experimenting with releasing small amounts of sunlight reflecting, sulfur dioxide particles into the ...

As the air gets cleaner, the world is also losing an important cooling effect. This article is from The Spark, MIT Technology Review’s weekly climate newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every ...