Giant Armored Fish Fed Similar to Basking Sharks 380-Million-Years Ago
Scientists from the University of Bristol and the University of Zurich have shown that the Titanichthys — a giant armored fish that lived in the seas…
Scientists from the University of Bristol and the University of Zurich have shown that the Titanichthys — a giant armored fish that lived in the seas…
Learning how liquid silicates behave at these extreme temperatures and pressures has been a longstanding challenge in the geosciences. Far below the Earth’s surface, about…
In almost every region of the world where hurricanes form, their maximum sustained winds are getting stronger. That is according to a new study by…
Multiple factors joined forces to devastate the Great Barrier Reef in 2016. A squad of climate-related factors is responsible for the massive Australian coral bleaching…
The prolonged period of dry weather in the Czech Republic has resulted in what experts are calling the ‘worst drought in 500 years.’ Scientists are…
Using a combination of satellite sensors, scientists recently found that Denman Glacier has been retreating both above and below the water line. That one glacier…
As the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted lives across the globe, Earth-observing satellites take the pulse of our planet from space. While the global lockdown has…
A group of 59 international scientists, led by researchers at Canada’s McMaster University, has uncovered new information about the distinct effects of climate change on…
The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over San Francisco Bay in the US state of California. San Francisco Bay, almost 100 km (62 mi) in…
Archaeological sites on the far southern shores of South Africa hold the world’s richest records for the behavioral and cultural origins of our species. At…
Marine life off the West Coast, from Mexico up through Canada, inhabit the California Current. The cool, nutrient-rich water supports life from invisible phytoplankton to…
Surprising glacial and nearly ice-free periods in last 66 million years. New research by Rutgers scientists reaffirms that modern sea-level rise is linked to human…
Magnetic North and the Elongating Blob For some years now, scientists have been puzzling over why the north magnetic pole has been making a dash…
In a recently published study, researchers from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology revealed the largest and…
An international environmental agreement to regulate the use of chemicals depleting the ozone layer may have inadvertently allowed higher levels of other harmful chemicals to…
Radioactive period following nuclear bomb tests changed rainfall patterns thousands of miles from the detonation sites. Nuclear bomb tests during the Cold War may have…
In the Maldives, an MIT team is conducting experiments to combat sea-level rise by redirecting natural sand movement. Many island nations, including the Maldives in…
Growing mountains or shifting ground: What is going on in Earth’s inner core? Exhaustive seismic data from repeating earthquakes and new data-processing methods have yielded…