Solidified lava from ancient volcanoes, over a mile thick, covers a portion of west-central India nearly the size of…
An Antarctic ice shelf that’s been cracking up for years is now very close to giving birth to an iceberg roughly 30…
The glaciers blanketing the high mountains of central Asia are smaller than we thought, according to a new analysis…
Greenland is rapidly melting. Blame it on climate change. This is no good news, but a new paper points out an…
It’s no secret that Earth’s ice sheets are shrinking as temperatures rise. But this planetary meltdown isn’t just a…
Scientists hope to employ networks of “dark fibers,” unused fiber optic cables, in order to sense sound waves moving…
Researchers used a grainy photograph of a toppled train combined with an eyewitness account to analyze the deadly…
The one thing we humans have done an incredible job of leaving behind is plastic. Microplastics, in particular, are…
A re-analysis of lunar materials collected during the Apollo 14 mission has resulted in a rather astonishing…
Using a hot-water drill, British scientists have dug a 7,060-foot borehole through the Antarctic ice sheet. The…
By comparing the age of impact craters on the Moon to those on Earth, researchers say they have discovered a surge in…
Rapid and erratic movements of Earth’s north magnetic pole have prompted an early update to a model that assists with…
In the future, cyborg birds may help monitor ocean currents and help ground-truth satellite data. It may sound like an…
The American Meteorological Society (AMS) will host the largest annual gathering of the world’s largest weather nerds…
Vivid new satellite photos of Anak Krakatau are providing our first cloud-free glimpse of the island volcano that…
While you were baking cookies and binging Netflix shows over Christmas, a team of about 50 scientists, drillers, and…
Kilauea’s historically huge 2018 eruption didn’t just transform the southeastern corner of Hawaii’s Big Island. Most of…
The entire southwest flank of Indonesia’s Anak Krakatau volcano is missing, as new radar imagery suggests. The erupting…
It may seem fantastical, but there is a living world deep, deep beneath our feet. Go below the soil, beyond the…
Buried beneath 4,000 feet of Antarctic ice lies Lake Mercer, a subglacial body of water that formed thousands of years…
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