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 ...

NASA’s Juno spacecraft snapped this image of Jupiter’s moon Ganymede in 2021. New experiments might help scientists identify exotic forms of ice present in Ganymede’s interior and brought to the ...

Carbon mineralization is a promising solution for mitigating greenhouse gas emissions, but we must learn to optimize the complex interplay between reactions and mechanics in fractures to develop a ...

An artist’s concept depicts what the Earth-analogue planet might look like, with the white dwarf star in the background. Credit: W. M. Keck Observatory/Adam Makarenko Earth’s future is bleak. At best, ...

Schematic evolution of shear stress during earthquakes on an idealized unit area fault surface highlighting the main energy sinks: newly created surfaces (ES), radiated energy (ER), frictional heat ...

A crowd beats the heat with spray from a fire hydrant in Seattle. A new method for measuring urban heat exposure shows that more densely populated neighborhoods may face higher heat and longer hot ...

This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. The poor things can’t help it, but cows are really gassy, and that’s really bad for the planet: Microbes in ...

Credit: Arizona Department of Transportation/Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Wind erosion and dust may be invisible hazards, but in the United States, they have an eye-popping $154 billion annual price tag, ...

A number of sinkholes, as well as the underground voids that cause them, are clearly visible along the walls of this Florida quarry. Credit: Daniel Doctor Sinkholes are significant, costly hazards to ...

South Korea is one of 104 countries that experienced their hottest national average temperatures in 2024. Pictured is Seoul, the country’s capital city. Credit: lifeforstock/Freepick Global average ...

The ground beneath our feet is exhaling. Steadily and without pause, through a process called soil respiration, plant roots and microbes release carbon dioxide (CO 2) into the atmosphere. This ...

The 2011 Tōhoku earthquake in Japan caused widespread destruction and a devastating tsunami. The mortality rate of those with disabilities during and after the Tōhoku earthquake was more than twice as ...