Scientists thought two factors influencing river avulsion were unrelated, but new research suggests they may be working in ...

In a new study, volcanic explosions are explored and modeled to understand the possible origins of rampart craters on Titan and determine whether their formation can source atmospheric methane.

Compound weather events—such as extreme cold or heat combined with severe dryness or precipitation—have a greater effect on ...

Over the next century, the Arctic will change and look much different than it does today. Just how different is still unknown ...

Tourism and biomass burning in the Southern Hemisphere are boosting black carbon levels and accelerating ice melt in ...

Using Einstein’s theory of general relativity, physicists found that clocks on the Moon would run 56 microseconds faster than ...

New research shows that that less than 3% of all minerals are named after women, and progress has stalled since 1985.

Climate change did not take center stage during this week’s presidential election; it did not even seem to be in the wings or ...

An easy-to-use R package offers a more efficient way to sort through and analyze data about greenhouse gas levels collected ...

Global ocean salinity products have become increasingly inconsistent since 2015, coinciding with a drift to higher salinity values in a number of Argo sensors.

Streambeds are key sites for removal of nutrients and other contaminants through microbial processes, but are limited by diffusion, which can now be modeled from streambed physical properties.

Recent radio observations reveal a new mode of initial lightning development in the form of continuous initial breakdown burst of several kilometers in length at high altitudes within thunderstorms.