We Asked a NASA Scientist: Are Wildfires Getting Worse? [Video]
Are wildfires getting worse? Yes, unfortunately, they are. We’re seeing increases in the intensity and the severity, the overall burned area of wildfires and the…
Are wildfires getting worse? Yes, unfortunately, they are. We’re seeing increases in the intensity and the severity, the overall burned area of wildfires and the…
The oceans play a crucial role in mitigating global warming by absorbing carbon dioxide emissions. However, researchers have found that as the oceans warm up…
An advanced digital tool can assist us in comprehending the past and forecasting the evolution of the Earth’s surface. The interplay of climate, tectonic activity,…
The Latest Permian Mass Extinction (LPME) was the largest extinction event in Earth’s history to date, resulting in the loss of between 80-90% of life…
Shadows from skyscrapers and other city buildings give the photograph a 3D look. Orbiting over the Gulf of Maine, an astronaut aboard the International Space…
During the early stages of Earth’s formation, a massive ocean of molten rock known as a “magma ocean” blanketed the planet’s surface and penetrated deep…
The Triple Frontier, a region where Paraguay, Brazil, and Argentina meet, is featured in this false-color image, captured by the European Space Agency’s Copernicus Sentinel-2…
Helium – essential for many medical and industrial processes – is in critically short supply worldwide. Production is also associated with significant carbon emissions, contributing…
On the evening of Sunday, February 26, 2023, a Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) arrived at Earth just as a high-speed solar wind stream whipped through…
According to researchers, glaciers – massive blocks of moving ice – located along the coast of Antarctica are flowing faster during the summer due to…
Scientists are using satellite images to locate landslides following the powerful earthquakes that struck in early February. The magnitude 7.8 and 7.5 earthquakes that shook…
Data come from an expedition using the underwater robot Icefin under remote Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica. The rapid retreat of Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica…
Scientists at Sandia National Laboratories study clay for snatching carbon dioxide directly from air. Although, the atmospheric level of carbon dioxide — a gas that…
Compared to historical patterns, the “wrong kind of fire” is burning. According to a study conducted by the Safford Lab at the University of California,…
Data captured from seismic waves caused by earthquakes has shed new light on the deepest parts of Earth’s inner core, according to seismologists from The…
Antarctic bottom water (AABW) covers more than two-thirds of the global ocean bottom, and its formation has recently decreased. However, its long-term variability has not…
University of Colorado at Boulder scientists and an international team of researchers have revealed the most in-depth view yet of the Earth’s recent climate history…
350-mile-deep earthquake used in scientific study to make elusive measurements of the Earth’s layers. There may be a layer of surprisingly fluid rock ringing the…