Millions of people live near active volcanoes that are constantly monitored for signs of an impending eruption. When one occurs,...
We need two ingredients for life to start on a planet: dry land and (fresh) water. Strictly, the water doesn’t...
by Ulrich von Lampe, Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC) gGmbH As things stand today, global...
Scientists develop new method to estimate electrical parameters of regular pulse bursts in lightning
The phenomenon of regular pulse bursts in lightning research is characterized by continuous pulses occurring at regular intervals, resulting in...
Though it was the site of active tectonics 140 million years ago, today, the coast of West Africa is a...
Off the coasts of southern British Columbia, Washington, Oregon and northern California lies a 600 mile-long strip where the Pacific...
Pollution from California wildfires killed more than 52,000 people in a decade, a new study claimed Friday, as the western...
Where there’s smoke, there’s not necessarily fire. Wildfire smoke, sometimes drifting from hundreds of miles away, touched nearly every lake...
Shallow groundwater is projected to warm on average between 2.1°C and 3.5°C by the end of the century, according to...
The rate Earth is warming hit an all-time high in 2023 with 92% of last year’s surprising record-shattering heat caused...
Ice shelves surrounding Antarctica have been melting with increasing speed in recent years. Much of this melting happens from below,...
Every day, women are working on frontier science in Earth’s unforgiving polar environments. Our study, published today in PLOS Climate,...
