Eugene Clyde La Rue collects stream measurements from Havasu Creek, a tributary of the Colorado River, in the recently founded Grand Canyon National Park in…
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Satellite image of Cabo Frio’s diverse coastline captured on September 16, 2023, by the Operational Land Imager-2 on Landsat 9. People have long noticed that…
Research from Northumbria University reveals a critical window to prevent irreversible Antarctic ice loss. While current models show no tipping point reached yet, future scenarios…
Sediment from Canada’s Mackenzie River empties into the Beaufort Sea in milky swirls in this 2017 satellite image. Scientists are studying how river discharge drives…
Photograph of Athens, Greece at night, captured on September 17, 2022, by an Astronaut onboard the International Space Station. Stark contrasts between light and dark…
Satellite image of Ireland captured on January 19, 2023, by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer on NASA’s Aqua satellite. In ancient Greek and Roman times,…
Satellite image of Frosty Peak Volcano captured on April 22, 2023, by the Operational Land Imager-2 on Landsat 9. The Alaskan stratovolcano has not come…
Satellite view around Leavenworth, a Bavarian-inspired town in central Washington state, captured on October 28, 2023, by the Operational Land Imager on Landsat 8. The…
A note discovered in a 15th-century Hebrew prayer book by Paolo Galli reveals a previously unknown earthquake in Italy’s Marche region, offering vital insights into…
A study by the University of Washington, analyzing an 800-year-old ice core, suggests that phytoplankton populations in the North Atlantic have remained stable since the…
Since the 1980s, seismic stations have been detecting an increase in ocean wave intensity, correlating with climate change. A Colorado State University study, analyzing over…
Scientists have linked mass extinctions and climate change over the past 260 million years to massive volcanic eruptions and Earth’s astronomical cycles. This research, emphasizing…
New research reveals that the space-for-time substitution method, used to predict species responses to climate change, inaccurately forecasts the impact of warming on the ponderosa…
Scientists have discovered that methane trapped under Svalbard’s permafrost can escape, risking a warming cycle. Frequent methane accumulations found in wellbore studies highlight the potential…
In a proposed carbon-capture method, magnesium oxide crystals on the ground bind to carbon dioxide molecules from the surrounding air, triggering the formation of magnesium…
This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image showcases Nueva Vizcaya Province in the Philippines, highlighting its agricultural landscape and urban areas through a false-color composite. In the image,…
A study by Indiana University suggests that scattering sunlight-reflecting particles in the atmosphere could slow down the melting of Antarctic ice. This approach, known as…
NASA’s EMIT produced its first global maps of hematite, goethite, and kaolinite in Earth’s dry regions using data from the year ending November 2023. The…
Upper: Photo captured on February 13, 2016 (before the eruption) from an astronaut aboard the International Space Station. Lower: Photo captured on August 18, 2023,…
Brightness temperature images acquired by the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite on the NOAA-20 satellite on December 18 (left) and December 19, 2023. After weeks…