earth science
A warming Arctic Circle could be responsible for bursts of cold weather in the south.
A study of europium crystals shows the planet was mostly flat during its middle ages.
A new model of plate tectonics offers a chance to look back a billion years with new found accuracy.
A new paper explores how noise from human activities pollutes the oceans, and what we can do to fix it.
Participation in community science programs has skyrocketed during COVID-19 lockdowns.
Some mysteries take generations to unfold.
Researchers devise a record-breaking laser transmission that avoids atmospheric interference.
In a joint briefing at the 101st American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, NASA and NOAA revealed 2020's scorching climate data.
Researchers from Harvard receive permission for a test that may help cool Earth and fight global warming.
Researchers from Norway discover that the Moon's tides influence the release of methane from the ocean floor.
You think you've had a day where everything that went wrong could? T. rex has you beat.
The clash of tectonic plates beneath us is just part of life on Earth—unless, of course, there is human interference like in the American Midwest.
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Giant fans start capturing CO2 from the air as the world's first commercial carbon capture plant goes live.
What the average person in the Westernized world considers to be a big problem is rarely aligned with reality.