One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck off the eastern coast of Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula Wednesday morning local time. Initially pegged at a magnitude-8.0, the quake was ...

On 28 July, more than 170 researchers sent a letter to National Science Foundation leaders and Congress, urging them to reconsider the decision to terminate the lease of the Nathaniel B. Palmer ...

The stories that follow highlight the journeys of scientists who have been blown off course, let the winds carry them, and stood tall in the breeze. When, from the age of 11, one scientist knew ...

New 3D imaging techniques show hidden patterns of stress that help explain how and why rocks break.

Scientists surveyed a trio of estuaries in pursuit of a missing source of oceanic dissolved black carbon.

A tsunami struck a fjord in East Greenland in 2023, ringing seismometers for nine straight days. A new satellite study provides the first observational evidence of the waves.

Understanding the effects of a “blue” Arctic Ocean on future climate requires a coordinated effort to study Earth’s past warm periods using a variety of classical and cutting-edge methods.

A scientist-authored brief played a role in the 2009 determination that greenhouse gases endanger public health. With the finding now up for reconsideration, the same scientists revisit their opinion.

New research shows that unplanted agricultural lands are behind most of the state’s anthropogenic dust events.

As the global climate continues to warm, fire seasons have intensified, and large-scale wildfires have become more frequent in many parts of the world. Factors such as vegetation type, land use ...

A new eight-rotor robotic probe will head to the solar system’s most Earth-like moon. Here’s what its team is doing to prepare.

The Paris Agreement, which went into effect in 2016, was celebrated as the most ambitious climate change agreement in history. President Donald Trump signed an executive order to withdraw the ...