Map of the United States including Hawaii, Alaska, and Puerto Rico showing landslide susceptibility from yellow (fewer landslides) to red (more landslides), where the areas without shading represent negligible potential…

Topography (NASA DEM) and Storm Daniel’s rainfall accumulation (9–11 September 2023) within the region of interest (red square). Credit: Nature Communications (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-49699-8 A new study from the USC…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Severe drought in the American Southwest and Mexico and more severe wet years in the Northeast are the modern norm in North America, according to new…

The scientists took water samples at five locations along the River Oder, extracted poisoned fish and analysed the effects of the micropollutants. Credit: Annika Jahnke, UFZ Tons of dead fish,…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A team of water technicians at water testing company SimpleLab has tested chemical levels in hundreds of water samples collected from bottles, household taps and treated…

From right, Daniela Cusak, LLNL’s Karis McFarlane and Andy Nottingham take soil samples from a rainforest. Credit: Alexandra Hedgpeth Tropical forests account for more than 50% of the global terrestrial…

Credit: Dr. Chris Voisey Scientists have long been fascinated by the formation of gold nuggets, often found nestled within quartz veins. New research led by Monash University geologists suggests that…

Ray path of K* feature, schematic of the OC heterogeneity, and absolute PKIKP travel time residuals. Credit: Science Advances (2024). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adn5562 A doughnut-shaped region thousands of kilometers beneath our…

Lagrangian water transport pathways and the value of tracers along with it. Credit: Nature Communications (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-51777-w A new study sheds light on the vital role that the mixing…

A figure comparing the results of earlier turbidite correlation research to results calculated by an algorithm developed at The University of Texas at Austin. Black dashed lines indicate similar research…

The melting temperatures of deep mantle rocks decrease with an increase in mantle oxygen concentration, suggesting the need for re-evaluation of current Earth core formation and thermal evolution models. Credit:…

Illustration of the initial rupture sequence of the 2024 Noto earthquake, showing the distribution of high-frequency seismic energy and subsequent aftershocks across the fault system. Credit: University of California, Los…

Spatial distribution and trends of total reactive nitrogen and NH4T deposition. Credit: Nature Geoscience (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41561-024-01455-9 The U.S. has slashed smog-causing pollutants like airborne sulfur dioxide in the past…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Deaths from heat could triple in Europe by 2100 under current climate policies, mostly among people living in southern parts of the continent, according to a…

Viewing a storm system using the NWS Reflectivity colormap and the Chase Spectral CVD friendly colormap. The first row shows what an individual without CVD sees and the bottom two…

Graphic illustration of Earth’s interior. Credit: Michael Thorne, University of Utah For the decades since their discovery, seismic signals known as PKP precursors have challenged scientists. Regions of Earth’s lower…

A view of Garbh Eileach, the largest island in the Garvellach island chain where the gradational transition into snowball Earth is recorded. Credit: Graham Shields A rock formation spanning Ireland…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain In 2017, the Minamata Convention on Mercury went into effect, designed to help curb mercury emissions and limit exposure across the globe. However, a new study…

Landslides often occur with little warning. Los Alamos Scientists are working to improve prediction technology to improve safety for communities and ecosystems alike. Credit: Luke McGuire New research from a…

Credit: University of Cambridge Researchers from the University of Cambridge and the British Antarctic Survey tracked fire activity over the past 150 years by measuring carbon monoxide trapped in Antarctic…