Oops! The “World’s Oldest Meteorite Impact Crater” Isn’t an Impact Crater After All
Several years after scientists discovered what was considered the oldest crater a meteorite made on the planet, another team found it’s actually the result of…
Several years after scientists discovered what was considered the oldest crater a meteorite made on the planet, another team found it’s actually the result of…
UMass Amherst researchers used remote sensing to quantify the previously underestimated erosion. More than one-third of the Corn Belt in the Midwest – nearly 30…
Despite ESA’s GOCE mission ending over seven years ago, scientists continue to use this remarkable satellite’s gravity data to delve deep and unearth secrets about…
The Strait of Gibraltar is featured in this false-color image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission. The Strait of Gibraltar connects the Mediterranean Sea with…
Flash floods, landslides, and power outages plagued the islands after torrential rains fell. Torrential downpours and destructive flash floods swamped parts of Hawaii in March…
New research led by the University of Cambridge has found rare evidence — preserved in the chemistry of ancient rocks from Greenland — which tells…
On March 11, 2011, a magnitude 9.1 earthquake jolted the seafloor about 70 kilometers (45 miles) offshore of Japan’s Tohoku region. It was the largest…
A recent analysis of the latest generation of climate models — known as a CMIP6 — provides a cautionary tale on interpreting climate simulations as…
For the first time, an international team of researchers has used magnetic data from ESA’s Swarm satellite mission together with aeromagnetic data to help reveal…
Without efforts to mitigate climate change, summers spanning nearly six months may become the new normal by 2100 in the Northern Hemisphere, according to a…
Astronaut Andrew Morgan used a fisheye lens to capture the intersection of two continents. Astronaut Andrew Morgan shot this wide-angle photograph from the central Cupola…
Using a 25-year record of satellite observations over the Getz region in West Antarctica, scientists have discovered that the pace at which glaciers flow towards…
Colorado State University researchers provide the most detailed accounting to date of the industry’s greenhouse gas emissions. It’s no secret that the United States’ $13…
Model predicts probability of plastic debris being transported from one ocean surface region to another. Tons of plastic debris get released into the ocean every…
New study on submarine permafrost suggests locked greenhouse gases are emerging. Something lurks beneath the Arctic Ocean. While it’s not a monster, it has largely…
A digital twin of our planet is to simulate the Earth system in future. It is intended to support policy-makers in taking appropriate measures to…
Despite a cold snap in February, low ice cover prevailed across the lakes in winter 2020-2021. In any given year, the formation, movement, and timing…
Using “Curie” — Google’s 10,000-kilometer-long (6,200 miles) underwater fiber-optic cable connecting Los Angeles, California and Valparaiso, Chile — researchers have demonstrated a novel method for…