The magnitude 7.9 Bonin Islands earthquake sequence in May 2015, which ruptured deep within the earth near the base of...
When glaciers and ice sheets melt, they can destabilize slopes and reactivate faults, which in turn can trigger landslides and...
The processes that form continental crust from the denser basaltic rocks of the upper mantle may make the lower lithosphere...
A study provides compelling new evidence that a colossal “megaflood” refilled the Mediterranean Sea, ending a period during which the...
Land clearing for nickel mines is causing a more severe threat to the climate than initially thought, a study led...
West Greenland is home to tens of thousands of blue lakes that provide residents with drinking water and sequester carbon...
A study led by researchers at The University of Manchester has exposed significant gaps in global research on transboundary rivers,...
After millennia as a carbon deep-freezer for the planet, regional hotspots and increasingly frequent wildfires in the northern latitudes have...
Near-inertial internal waves (NIWs) are crucial energy sources for deep-sea mixing, but the origins of deep NIWs have remained largely...
Eastern North America and Central Europe could see their most extreme heat waves become twice as intense as previously projected...
Imagine a glacier. Are you thinking “glittering snow” or “plastic pollution?” A new study underscores the pervasive nature of plastic...
As the atmosphere continues to fill with greenhouse gases from human activities, many proposals have surfaced to “geoengineer” climate-saving solutions,...
