In Antarctica, beneath the ice, there is liquid water—and potentially a lot of it. That’s the takeaway from new research that ...

Upper Jurassic (145- to 160-million-year-old) finely laminated organic carbon-rich shale interspersed with homogeneous, low-carbon mudrock of the Kimmeridge Clay Formation in Kimmeridge Bay, England.

The Amazon Tall Tower Observatory is a joint Brazilian-German research station with a 325-meter tower making environmental observations in the Amazon. Credit: Achim Edtbauer/MPI-C, CC BY-NC 4.0 The ...

Most people don’t know that Earth’s magnetic field has a weak spot the size of the continental United States hovering over South America and the southern Atlantic Ocean. We’re safe from any effects on ...

A new community effort shows that Earth has lost 5% of its global glacier mass since 2000. The work highlights the necessity of spaceborne glacier observations and upcoming gaps in long-term ...

Solar climate intervention (SCI) methods, such as stratospheric aerosol deployments in aircraft plumes, are intended to modify the amount of sunlight that Earth absorbs and reflects. Credit: Jerry ...

S cience Is Society The Capital’s Waterways Could Be Swimmable by 2030 Ocean Terrain and the Engineering Challenges for Offshore Wind Farms Water Wisdom: The Indigenous Scientists Walking in Two ...

Mid-ocean ridges, like this one near Vancouver Island, Canada, reveal plate boundaries. Credit: Ocean Networks Canada Tectonic plates blanket the Earth like a patchwork quilt. Now, researchers think ...

Ecosystem services (ES) are the benefits that people derive from the natural environment, such as clean water, fertile soil, pollination of crops, and natural climate regulation. These services are ...

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 ...

“Smart tanks” are increasingly used in rainwater harvesting systems to address water shortages and urban flooding. They can use a range of digital information (e.g. rainfall forecast) to make optimal ...