Researchers used paleoclimate data, modeling, and measurements of sea surface temperature to learn more about future climate. They used the Western Pacific Warm Pool, seen here in 2016, as a reference ...

NASA’s Juno spacecraft snapped this image of Jupiter’s moon Ganymede in 2021. New experiments might help scientists identify exotic forms of ice present in Ganymede’s interior and brought to the ...

When a wildfire spreads, an earthquake strikes, or a storm makes landfall, the public depends on timely, precise, and accurate information from authoritative sources so it can effectively respond and ...

Carbon mineralization is a promising solution for mitigating greenhouse gas emissions, but we must learn to optimize the complex interplay between reactions and mechanics in fractures to develop a ...

Schematic evolution of shear stress during earthquakes on an idealized unit area fault surface highlighting the main energy sinks: newly created surfaces (ES), radiated energy (ER), frictional heat ...

A crowd beats the heat with spray from a fire hydrant in Seattle. A new method for measuring urban heat exposure shows that more densely populated neighborhoods may face higher heat and longer hot ...

This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. The poor things can’t help it, but cows are really gassy, and that’s really bad for the planet: Microbes in ...

Enhancing confidence in satellite observations of terrestrial properties like land surface temperature and soil moisture requires advances in validation and data quality assessment practices. Lack of ...

The ground beneath our feet is exhaling. Steadily and without pause, through a process called soil respiration, plant roots and microbes release carbon dioxide (CO 2) into the atmosphere. This ...

Credit: Arizona Department of Transportation/Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Wind erosion and dust may be invisible hazards, but in the United States, they have an eye-popping $154 billion annual price tag, ...

A number of sinkholes, as well as the underground voids that cause them, are clearly visible along the walls of this Florida quarry. Credit: Daniel Doctor Sinkholes are significant, costly hazards to ...

Before Earth became the Blue Planet, it was engulfed by a very different kind of ocean: a vast, deep magma ocean reaching down hundreds or perhaps even thousands of kilometers. As early Earth’s magma ...