Smoke rises from Calwood Fire as it nears a neighborhood in Boulder County on October 17, 2020. Credit: Malachi Brooks Rising Temperatures and Risky Development…
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Artist’s rendition of Mars with Earth-like surface water. Credit: Image source: NASA Earth Observatory/Joshua Stevens; NOAA National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service; NASA/JPL-Caltech/USGS; Graphic…
Credit: Argonne National Laboratory More than 5,000 kilometers beneath us, Earth’s solid metal inner core wasn’t discovered until 1936. Almost a century later, we’re still…
A study led by Princeton University researchers found that as meltwater lakes on the surface of Greenland’s ice sheet (pictured) rapidly drain, they create water…
Processes in Earth’s upper atmosphere create bright swaths of color known as airglow, as seen here in an image taken from the International Space Station.…
Pentagon of vortices. Mosaic of infrared images of Jupiter’s south pole. Credit: NASA/SWRI/JPL/ASI/INAF/IAPS Weizmann Institute scientists reveal how gigantic cyclones remain stable at both of…
The Jakobshavn Glacier, Greenland. Credit: Thomas Overly A new study predicts that any sea level rise in the world’s most southern continent will be countered…
A new study led by the University of Colorado Boulder reveals the complex history behind one of the Grand Canyon’s most well-known geologic features: A…
An illustration of the structure of the Earth from a research simulation to investigate the composition of the planet’s outer core. Dark spheres in the…
The study focused on Occator crater (left), which contains Ceres’ most prominent bright spots. The newly reported map (right) reveals higher concentrations of hydrogen than…
UW Assistant Professor Jay Chapman teaches a winter-term field course in southern Arizona, during which students were able to investigate the Orocopia Schist in person.…
Climate change is driving a large increase in intense, slow-moving storms, a new study by Newcastle University and the Met Office has found. Investigating how…
The experimental setup and test site at Store Glacier, Greenland. Researchers conceptualized a battery-powered receiver with an antenna placed on the ice that can measure…
An electromagnetic sensor on its way to the ocean floor off New Zealand to collect data. Credit: Samer Naif / Lamont-Doherty Electromagnetic Geophysics Lab Seamounts…
One of the 2.7 billion year-old diamonds used in this work. Credit: Michael Broadley A unique study of ancient diamonds has shown that the basic…
This threatens with sudden destruction of coastal cities and numerous human casualties. An international team of scientists from 20 countries identified 47 problems that hinder…
New research shows the sun’s magnetic field drew iron toward the center of our solar system as the planets formed. That explains why Mercury, which…
First global assessment of the extent of snow and ice cover on Earth’s surface—a critical factor cooling the planet through reflected sunlight—and its response to…
The bright white region of this image shows the icy cap that covers Mars’ south pole, composed of frozen water and frozen carbon dioxide. ESA’s…
Four “heliotrope” balloons were flown near Ridgecrest, California, after a series of earthquakes rattled the region in July 2019. By attaching barometers to the balloons,…