Researchers used paleoclimate data, modeling, and measurements of sea surface temperature to learn more about future climate. They used the Western Pacific Warm Pool, seen here in 2016, as a reference ...

The Atlantic has seen significant decreases in cloud cover recently. Credit: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center In a string of ever-hotter years, 2023 stood out: It was ...

The Trump administration has holistically reevaluated the government’s relationship—and how it responds to threats— to the health and welfare of its citizens. The past year was a shock to the U.S.

An American alligator surfaces in a Louisiana bayou. As apex predators, alligators shape wetland ecosystems through both trophic interactions and physical landscape ...

Geophysics is a powerful tool for understanding how our planet works. It enables us to connect complex real-world phenomena with fundamental physical laws, deduce the nature of otherwise inaccessible ...

As the global climate continues to warm, fire seasons have intensified, and large-scale wildfires have become more frequent in many parts of the world. Factors such as vegetation type, land use ...

Astronomer Johannes Kepler made drawings of sunspots in 1607 using a camera obscura. Credit: Kepler, J. (1609), Phaenomenon singulare seu Mercurius in Sole, Thomae Schureri, Leipzig Something freaky ...

Rocks are important in subsurface engineering, but they are mostly invisible, extremely heterogeneous, and difficult to access. Thus, data on rock properties is scarce and uncertainties are large. Liu ...

Confidence in science has become increasingly fragmented in the United States across our polarized political spectrum. And overall, the American public is showing declining trust in experts and ...

The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. At 11:50 am on Saturday 8 February 2025, the Jinping landslide ...

Coupling an AI-driven model of the atmosphere with a model of the ocean could help scientists create highly efficient emulations of the entire Earth system. Modelers have demonstrated that artificial ...

Earth’s ionosphere becomes visible as faint bands of red and green glow in this long-exposure photograph taken from the International Space Station at night. The International Reference Ionosphere ...