(A) Observed zonal-mean temperature trends from 8-30 kilometers during 2002-2022. Stippling indicates statistically significant trends at 95% confidence. The climatological lapse-rate tropopause ...

In high-latitude Arctic fjords, warming seas and reduced sea ice are boosting seaweed growth. This expansion of seaweed “forests” could alter the storage and cycling of carbon in coastal Arctic ...

A weak spot in Earth’s protective magnetic field is growing larger and exposing orbiting satellites and astronauts to more ...

Magma is a fundamental constituent of the Earth. Issues as diverse as volcanic hazard assessment and planetary evolution studies rely on knowledge of magma’s properties, origin, evolution, and ...

The lava lake at the summit of Erta Ale volcano in Ethiopia is one of just two on Earth (the other is at Kīlauea in Hawaii). Credit: Planet Labs Inc. Standing next to a lava lake at the summit of a ...

When fires in Quebec blanketed much of the eastern United States and Canada with thick smoke in June 2023, many of us wondered: what’s causing these wildfires? While lightning strikes ignite half of ...

Sea level rise threatens to flood thousands of industrial sites containing hazardous materials, according to a new study. Credit: Unsplash/Kelly Sikkema Research & Developments is a blog for brief ...

Warm water flowing into fjords and beneath ice shelves will continue to be a prime cause of glacial melting as global temperatures rise. This melting will, in turn, contribute to sea level rise and ...

A “very large roll” of a radar instrument offers new insight into a highly reflective area near the Martian south pole.

Year after year, the solar system’s planets move around the Sun in a seemingly steady and unchanging orbital dance. But the Sun, planets, major moons, and dwarf planets constantly exchange ...

Seventy-five years ago, on 18–19 September 1941, the Earth experienced a great magnetic storm, one of the most intense ever recorded. It arrived at a poignant moment in history, when radio and ...

The aftermath of the 4 November 2025 landslide at Mae Moh Mine in Thailand. Image copyright Planet, captured on 15 November 2025, used with permission. Planet imagery shows the massive coal waste ...