Scientists trekked across Icelandic lava flows that served as stand-ins for Venus’s volcanic landscapes, testing tools and ...

The past year was a shock to the U.S. higher education system. The coming year may see even more jolts. Administration ...

A new study mapped the ages of forests around the world. Forests in the Congo Basin, as seen in this image, were found to be younger at the end of the study than they were at the beginning. Credit: ...

Bright swirling blooms of algae and cyanobacteria are seen in the Baltic Sea near the Swedish island of Gotland in July 2019. Large amounts of oxygen in the ocean are consumed as the organic matter in ...

Global river datasets represent rivers that flow downstream in single paths that follow surface elevation, but they often miss branching river systems found in areas such as floodplains, canals, and ...

Coastal ocean dynamics regulate the heat and material budgets of highly productive and economically important regions of the world’s oceans. In-depth understanding of coastal processes has, for too ...

In 2020, Friends of Palm Beach, a nonprofit organization in Florida, began to see oil-covered debris wash ashore. Credit: Diane Buhler, Friends of Palm Beach In the summer of 2020, Friends of Palm ...

The ebb and flow of tectonic processes have driven biodiversity on Earth for the past 250 million years. Credit: Joan Li, Unsplash For the past 250 million years, species have diversified and died out ...

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 ...

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 ...

Great white egrets stand in the wetlands surrounding New Orleans. Land in this area of the Mississippi River Delta is sinking, both on its own and in tandem with rising sea levels. Credit: Elise Plunk ...

"Water crisis" is no longer an apt description of the world's fresh water supply—"water bankruptcy" is more accurate, a new United Nations report states. Credit: Chamika Jayasri, Unsplash Research & ...