During the Apollo missions to the Moon, astronauts encountered an unexpected hazard: lunar dust. It clung to their spacesuits; crept into the lunar landers; and caused irritated throats, coughing fits ...

An archive of pilot whale tissue collected around the Faroe Islands has provided scientists with a decades-long record of how different per- or polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) accumulate in remote ...

Snowpacks in places such as this windswept alpine pass in the Front Range of Colorado are difficult to characterize with current remote sensing methods because of cloud cover, complex topography, and ...

An artist’s concept depicts what the Earth-analogue planet might look like, with the white dwarf star in the background. Credit: W. M. Keck Observatory/Adam Makarenko Earth’s future is bleak. At best, ...

Sometimes, rivers suddenly jump their banks, abandoning channels and washing over floodplains in search of new paths. These rare events, called avulsions, can cause catastrophic flooding and threaten ...

The Amazon saw its worst wildfire season in decades in 2024. New research examines the consequences. Credit: CSU/CIRA & NOAA Wildfires in the rainy, humid Amazon might once have seemed unlikely, but ...

The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. AFP has posted a very good overview of the hazards posed by ...

A render of the completed Cheekeye Debris Barrier. Image via the District of Squamish. In British Columbia a CAN$115 million project is almost complete to mitigate the risk posed by debris flows to ...

Fair peer review is a necessity for research across all scientific disciplines. Thousands of experts volunteer their time each year to advance scientific understanding and provide feedback to their ...

Artist’s impression of an asteroid in the distance impacting shallow waters near the modern-day Yucatán Peninsula. Credit: Science Photo Library/Alamy Stock Photo The devastating tsunamis that struck ...

Data from the Perseverance rover indicate abundant carbonates in Jezero Crater, a finding with implications for Mars’s climatic history.

Landslides like this one in the foothills of Mount Elgon in 2019 have wracked Uganda in recent years. Credit: Hope Mafaranga Uganda is known as the “Pearl of Africa” because of its stunning natural ...