Crowds gathered today at rallies, such as this one in Boston, Mass., to “Stand Up for Science” after a tumultuous year in science policy. Credit: Grace van Deelen/AGU Thousands of rally-goers in 33 ...
The Dragonfly probe flies over sand dunes on Saturn’s moon Titan in this artist’s impression. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Steve Gribben Strange things are afoot on Saturn’s largest moon. Alone ...
Soil salinization refers to the excess accumulation of salt in soil to a level that affects crop production and ecosystem functioning. This poses serious threats to sustainable agriculture, soil ...
Time is of the essence in tropical cyclone prediction: The more warning time a community has, the better prepared its members will be when a storm makes landfall. Currently, the path and nature of ...
Using a new technique to analyze old synthetic aperture radar data, researchers observed direct evidence of a Venusian lava tube about 300 meters tall and 1 kilometer in diameter. Here an artist’s ...
For decades, scientists have debated how earthquakes can occur in the hot, dense mantle beneath continents. Most earthquakes happen in Earth’s brittle upper crust, where rocks snap under pressure. But ...
Major tectonic features within the North American midcontinent. The red and purple stars mark the locations of the Illinois-Kentucky Fluorspar District, with igneous intrusions at around 270 million ...
Magma is on the move beneath Yellowstone National Park’s Upper Geyser Basin in Wyoming and throughout the caldera but is unlikely to contribute to an eruption. Credit: Jim Peaco/NPS Magma deep beneath ...
Alfvén waves are fundamental to the dynamics of space plasmas. New space missions, sophisticated rocket campaigns, and advances in radar networks and computer modeling have grown our understanding of ...
Satellite image of the Rubaya mining site in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Image copyright Planet Labs, used with permission, collected on 24 February 2026. There are disputed reports of another ...
Geothermal activity near Hveragerði, Iceland, has created a natural laboratory where researchers can study how ecosystems, including microbes and plans, respond to long-term warming. Credit: Sara ...
Ecological forecasting is crucial for proactive environmental management and policy-making. Ecological forecasting is crucial for proactive environmental management and policy-making. In 2001, Clark ...