Seismology has revealed much of the basics about earthquakes: Tectonic plates move, causing strain energy to build up, and that...
For decades, scientists assumed that only large ocean temperature patterns covering 200 kilometers (124 miles) or more could strongly influence...
A new MIT-led study confirms that the Antarctic ozone layer is healing, as a direct result of global efforts to...
Some parts of Hawaii are sinking faster than others. That discovery, published in Communications Earth & Environment by researchers at...
A new seismic study of Singapore could guide urban growth and renewable energy development in the coastal city nation, where...
A new systematic review has revealed serious shortcomings in the evaluation of cyclone risk in Australia and worldwide. The research,...
At first glance, landscapes like the Great Plains and the Rockies may seem unchanging, but over geological time scales, they’re...
A new study led by Dr. Cao Xi, Associate Professor at the Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences,...
It’s a cold winter morning in the bleak and bare arable fields of the East Anglian fens. At the edge...
Sulfate-reducing bacteria break down a large proportion of the organic carbon in the oxygen-free zones of Earth, and in the...
How tiny plastic particles enter the atmosphere is an important question, as airborne microplastics are a potential health threat. Using...
Researchers from Los Alamos National Laboratory have discovered that cosmic-ray showers seem to play a pivotal role in triggering lightning...
