This image shows a forest giving off moisture into the air, or transpiring. When combined with moisture that evaporates from the land, both processes drive…
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Iceberg A-76, measures around 4320 sq km in size (170 km in length and 25 km wide) – currently making it the largest berg in…
The volcanic ash, a very light rock, consists of nitrogen-rich silicate minerals (white) and dark mica crystals. Credit: Gernot Arp, University of Goettingen Research team…
Transmission electron microscope images of magnetofossils with examples of cuboctahedra (top center, rounded) and elongated prisms (bottom center, square). Credit: Courtney Wagner/University of Utah Fifty-six…
Taken by NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins, this picture shows Earth’s limb, or horizon, from the International Space Station asit orbits above the Pacific Ocean off…
New research by LLNL scientists shows that satellite measurements of the temperature of the troposphere (the lowest region of the atmosphere) may have underestimated global…
Spectacular image captured on March 15 , 2020, by the Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission of North America’s Great Lakes: Lake Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario.…
Model for the Earth’s core: Heidelberg researchers verify presence of solar noble gases in metal of an iron meteorite. High-precision noble gas analyses indicate that…
Some climate activists advocate large-scale tree-planting campaigns in forests around the world to suck up heat-trapping carbon dioxide and help rein in climate change. But…
Sub-mesoscale ocean dynamics, like eddies and small currents, are responsible for the swirling pattern of these phytoplankton blooms (shown in green and light blue) in…
NASA’s new Earth System Observatory will guide efforts related to climate change, disaster mitigation, fighting forest fires, and improving real-time agricultural processes – including helping…
New research from Florida State University shows that concentrations of the toxic element mercury in rivers and fjords connected to the Greenland Ice Sheet are…
Researchers measure the topography of an exposed glacier bed at Castleguard Glacier in the Rocky Mountains of Alberta, Canada. Credit: Photo by Keith Williams, contributed…
Copernicus Sentinel-2 image of Los Cabos – a municipality on the southern tip of Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula. This image has been processed in a…
Banded iron deposits like these contain clues to the Great Oxygenation Event. Credit: Weizmann Institute of Science A look at enzyme evolution suggests life figured…
September 27, 2015 The unexpected discovery of a whale skeleton hundreds of miles from the sea and more than 200 feet above sea level in…
May 18, 2021 A May phytoplankton bloom left its mark on Mid-Atlantic waters. Given adequate sunlight and nutrients, phytoplankton populations can multiply into blooms large…
Taking a soil sample from a maize field at Chitedze Research Station, Lilongwe, Malawi. The University of Nottingham The amount of nutrients people get from…
May 17, 2021 Tropical cyclones are scarce in the Arabian Sea, but unusually warm ocean temperatures helped fuel this storm. An unusually powerful tropical cyclone…
Optimistic predictions expect reliable autonomous vehicles to be commercially available by 2030, at a time when mobility is undergoing a profound shift away from traditional…