In one innovation shared on Reddit, an off-gridder partially surrounded their property with greenhouses to make the most of the sun's heat. If you can comfortably and safely brave the winter cold ...

On a much larger scale, solar-thermal power plants employ various techniques to concentrate the sun's energy as a heat source. The heat is then used to boil water to drive a steam turbine that ...

This was in 1836, and was probably caused by the large spots on the sun which were visible to the naked eye. These large dark spots would seem to have detracted temporarily from the heating power ...

In the journal Chaos, researchers in Japan explore the likelihood that Earth’s climate, as affected by solar heat, plays a role in seismic activity. Using mathematical and computational methods, they ...

Heat from the sun affects earthquake activity on Earth, suggests new research. Incorporating solar activity predictions into detailed Earth temperature models may improve seismic forecasts - and ...