Rivers transport sediment to the coast, but how much get offshore is a mystery. A new study shows that deltas retain 28% of ...

A new study zooms in, literally, on how global models can capture precipitation and cloud cover in even more detail.

An improved record of carbon dioxide levels captured from space sets the stage for deeper understanding of climate change.

A 7-year field experiment showed Antarctica’s native grass and pearlwort reworking their internal plumbing in contrasting ...

Compared to a nearby wildfire that primarily burned vegetation, the smoke plume from the urban Eaton Fire contained 3 times ...

Earthquakes and the seismic waves they generate provide some of the best clues to Earth’s interior. To extend that success to other worlds, scientists placed seismometers on the Apollo missions to the ...

Sustaining global ocean carbon observations to provide climate information and support model projections requires the ...

A tag-team of satellites and ground GNSS receivers track down the source of a radio signal disruption (scintillation) from afar—a “hotspot” of plasma some 60,000 kilometers away.

The Hawaiian volcano Kīlauea is among the most active on Earth. Not only did it erupt almost continuously from 1983 to 2018, it began a new series of eruptions in late 2024 that continue as of late ...

Mountains on the Moon are largely shaped by meteorite impacts. Their geochemical resemblance to mountains on Earth indicates the Moon was formed as a result of an impact between Earth and a ...