Scientists trekked across Icelandic lava flows that served as stand-ins for Venus’s volcanic landscapes, testing tools and ...

A translation of this article was made possible by a partnership with Planeteando. Una traducción de este artículo fue posible gracias a una asociación con Planeteando. The Southern Ocean exists in a ...

Popocatépetl looms over central Mexico, but local perception of risk from the volcano varies depending on factors such as age, proximity, and life experience. Credit: Russ Bowling/Flickr, CC BY 2.0 If ...

Lightning strikes over the ocean may be made more likely by ships, as well as by the aerosols they emit in their exhaust. Credit: Zoltan Tasi/Unsplash Since ancient times, sailors have feared sudden ...

An American alligator surfaces in a Louisiana bayou. As apex predators, alligators shape wetland ecosystems through both trophic interactions and physical landscape ...

Rocks are important in subsurface engineering, but they are mostly invisible, extremely heterogeneous, and difficult to access. Thus, data on rock properties is scarce and uncertainties are large. Liu ...

On every continent, unassuming rocks covered in a thin, slimy layer of microbes pull carbon from the air and deposit it as solid calcium carbonate rock. These are microbialites, rocks formed by ...

Fishermen ply their trade in the Gulf of Mannar in the Indian Ocean near Sri Lanka, one example of the vital importance of oceans to planet Earth and humankind. Measurements of ocean heating and sea ...

Bhakra Dam supplies water and electricity to states throughout northern India. Credit: Gurpreet Singh When it opened in 1963, Bhakra Dam was called a “new temple of resurgent India” by Jawaharlal ...

Researchers studied oxygen isotopes extracted from speleothems in Mawmluh cave, India, to conduct a more robust analysis of the history of the summer monsoon in the region. Credit: Gayatri Kathayat ...

In 2020, Friends of Palm Beach, a nonprofit organization in Florida, began to see oil-covered debris wash ashore. Credit: Diane Buhler, Friends of Palm Beach In the summer of 2020, Friends of Palm ...

Central North America witnesses more tornadoes than anywhere else on Earth. Each year, 10 times as many twisters barrel through the United States compared with Canada, which is second on the list.