The impact of geomagnetic storms, which can disrupt satellites, GPS, and power grids, is shown to depend on their onset timing. Solar eruptions can trigger geomagnetic storms that disrupt satellites, ...

A glacier’s surface crevasses, seen here, form in response to faster flow and higher stresses. New research found that a key modeling variable may be causing scientists to underestimate ice flow.

The relationship between the land use - land cover change rate and the density of fatal landslides for mountain areas around the world. Figure from Fidan et al. (2026), published under a Creative ...

A new partnership between researchers and community members created a comprehensive network of weather stations across ...

Scientific progress rarely follows a straight path. Instead, it develops through open discussion, critical evaluation, and the testing of new ideas. The exchange between authors and colleagues ...

Post based on material kindly provided by Professor Douglas H. Clark of the Geology Department at Western Washington University. Many thanks to Doug for providing this information. On 19 March 2026, a ...

The asteroid Ryugu is seen by the Hayabusa2 spacecraft from a distance of 6 kilometers. Credit: JAXA, University of Tokyo, Kochi University, Rikkyo University, Nagoya University, Chiba Institute of ...

The Trump administration is requesting the cancellation of billions of dollars in funds for space science, renewable energy, carbon removal, and climate change education in its FY 2027 budget.

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is set to redraw the map of the solar system by discovering millions of small, fast-moving objects hidden all around us.

A chapter on climate science has been removed from a manual designed to be an independent, neutral source of scientific ...

Archaeological evidence uncovered at the Birds of Paradise wetlands complex in Belize indicates that the community there survived the Maya collapse thanks to sophisticated knowledge of wetland farming ...

A new analysis projects that as much as 120,610 square kilometers of new, ice-free land could emerge in Antarctica by 2300. Credit: NASA/Jim Ross A warming climate could expose a Pennsylvania-sized ...