Energy companies use persistent and personalized pressure to get landowners to give permission for hydraulic fracturing (fracking), and even when...
A megadrought that occurred 4,200 years ago had catastrophic impacts, potentially wiping out early empires and leading to large-scale changes...
For the decades since their discovery, seismic signals known as PKP precursors have challenged scientists. Regions of Earth’s lower mantle...
An international team of climate scientists have used a 627-year coral record from Fiji to reveal unprecedented insights into ocean...
A University of Queensland library—full of hailstones instead of books—is helping researchers to better understand and predict damaging storms. Dr....
Imagine having to do your job, but not being able to visually process the data right in front of you....
The Colorado River and its tributaries provide water for hydropower, irrigation and drinking water in seven U.S. states and Mexico....
A rock formation spanning Ireland and Scotland may be the world’s most complete record of “snowball Earth,” a crucial moment...
The Yukon River flows west across Alaska toward the Bering Sea, eroding Arctic permafrost along its banks and transporting sediment...
A team of scientists led by the University of Colorado Boulder has identified 30 new areas critical for conserving biodiversity...
In 2017, the Minamata Convention on Mercury went into effect, designed to help curb mercury emissions and limit exposure across...
First-of-its-kind analysis reveals importance of storms in air–sea carbon exchange in Southern Ocean
The ocean has a major influence on weather and climate. Scientists estimate it has absorbed more than 90% of the...
