Scientists trekked across Icelandic lava flows that served as stand-ins for Venus’s volcanic landscapes, testing tools and ...

New research adds to the evidence that when inhaled, wildfire smoke pollutants may be more harmful to human health than other forms of pollutants. This smoke plume was generated by the 2016 Rey Fire ...

Mass glacier melting may have led this influential ocean current system to collapse at the end of the last ice age. A pair of modeling studies examines how such a collapse could affect dissolved ...

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 ...

Fishermen ply their trade in the Gulf of Mannar in the Indian Ocean near Sri Lanka, one example of the vital importance of oceans to planet Earth and humankind. Measurements of ocean heating and sea ...

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 ...

The solar system past Neptune is filled with an uncounted number of small, unusual worlds, from barely visible specks of ice to sugar-coated snowmen to Pluto and its five known satellites. These trans ...

Combining direct measurements with artificial intelligence methods, a new map estimates groundwater depth across the contiguous United States at a resolution of ...

The 2020 Bobcat Fire is seen burning in Los Angeles County, California. A new analysis shows that the onset of the state’s wildfire season has been shifting earlier due to climate change. Credit: ...

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.

What does a geoscientist do? Yes, Earth and space scientists work at lab benches, but they also design experimental plots, explore exoplanets and ocean depths, and use supercomputers and Secchi disks.

Three recent studies reveal how the interplay between El Niño and long-term global warming drove the record-breaking global temperatures of 2023. Global surface temperature anomalies since 1950, in ...