A decade-long study found that the impacts of variable winter weather on northern forests could impact carbon storage. Credit: Pamela Templer Since 2013, a small plot of forest in northern New ...

Research & Developments is a blog for brief updates that provide context for the flurry of news regarding law and policy changes that impact science and scientists today. One of the strongest ...

More than a century ago, Alfred Wegener proposed that the Atlantic Ocean formed after North America drifted away from Africa and Eurasia. Much later, the theory of plate tectonics explained this ...

Research & Developments is a blog for brief updates that provide context for the flurry of news regarding law and policy changes that impact science and scientists today. On 28 July, more than 170 ...

Each year, we take a moment to appreciate the varied careers Earth and space scientists have forged. Their stories of determination, taking chances, and finding success are always inspiring. This year ...

Map of the barometric and ground water level monitoring stations used in the study. The numbered contours and the underlying-colored shading indicate the boom’s arrival time to the barometric stations ...

Understanding how rocks break in the brittle upper crust is critical for predicting earthquakes, managing reservoirs, and modeling subsurface mechanics. In JGR: Solid Earth, two new studies by Jacob ...

Research & Developments is a blog for brief updates that provide context for the flurry of news regarding law and policy changes that impact science and scientists today. National Science Foundation ...

This still image from video of the seafloor shows tilled and barren sediment due to anchor damage. Credit: Matt Mulrennan/KOLOSSAL Marine scientist Matthew Mulrennan was piggybacking on a tourist ...

Whether from a forest on fire or gasoline powering a car, organic matter rarely combusts completely: Remnants such as char and soot can persist in the environment for decades. Over time, as physical ...

Mud volcanoes may be less imposing and less familiar than their distant cousins, lava volcanoes, but they come with hazards of their own, and their presence can signal hidden geologic processes ...

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., will lose 607 senior employees. Credit: Duane Lempke/Wikimedia Commons, CC0 1.0 The departures are spread across NASA’s 10 regional centers, with ...