Coral reef growth rates in the tropical western Atlantic have slowed to a fraction of what they once were, erasing coastal ...

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 ...

Improvements in subseasonal-to-seasonal forecasting (S2S), which projects weather 2 weeks to 2 months in advance, could support more informed decisions about when to plant and irrigate crops, among ...

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 ...

The summer monsoon delivers rain to the rolling hills near Jawhar, a town near the western coast of India. Last January, scientists gathered to discuss the many interacting factors that have driven ...

Surface ruptures causing earthquakes pose risks to infrastructure and human lives, but advances in models and data in the last few decades have improved our ability to mitigate their effects.

This January 2014 photo shows the Australian Antarctic Division’s ice core drilling camp in Aurora Basin North, East Antarctica. Data from this effort help to quantify factors contributing to climate ...

Water flow in Mexico City in 2020. Before decades of heavy groundwater extraction, water flowed upward, artesian fashion, to the aquifer through basement and volcanic rock. By 2020 the groundwater was ...

Alaska’s Copper River Delta is home to a wetland ecosystem influenced by multiple forces spanning geology, climate, and biology. Credit: NOAA Photo Library/Flickr, CC BY 2.0 Increased warming in ...

Air quality is one of the biggest hazards associated with wildfires—for good reason. As the air quality index approaches 300 (anything above which is considered hazardous), communities are forced to ...

June Bacon-Bercey always wanted to be a meteorologist, said her daughter. Here she confers with a colleague at the National Weather Service in 1962. Credit: Dail St. Claire June Bacon-Bercey, a ...

The Waitepuru Stream flows from its headwaters in the Mokaingarara Hills, down to the Rangitaiki Plains, and through the tiny community of Matatā as it makes its way to New Zealand’s wide Bay of ...