A NASA-led carbon observation satellite allows researchers to scan the atmosphere over cities like New York to measure carbon emissions. Credit: Dietmar Rabich/Wikimedia Commons , CC BY-SA 4.0 Because ...

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 ...

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

Thorough evaluation and expert peer review of research are at the core of academic and scientific integrity. When researchers attend a conference or cite a paper, they do so with confidence that these ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

In August 2023, 14,000 cubic meters of sandstone and shale detached from a slope in the French Alps. This rockslide at La Praz closed a road and a major railway between France and Italy at least until ...

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 ...

Central North America witnesses more tornadoes than anywhere else on Earth. Each year, 10 times as many twisters barrel through the United States compared with Canada, which is second on the list.

Global river datasets represent rivers that flow downstream in single paths that follow surface elevation, but they often miss branching river systems found in areas such as floodplains, canals, and ...