All things geology, climate, oceans, and more
“Against the enormity of such a wild region, this is an amazing story of the little float that could.”
Missed the auroras? These photographers have got you covered.
A USGS webcam captured harrowing footage of Hawaii’s Kīlauea erupting over the weekend. It didn't survive.
The discovery could hold serious implications for the mining industry.
Well, here's something you don't see every day: all 2.75 billion buildings of the world shown together in a single 3D map.
Frigid temps and heavy snow gripped much of the U.S. on December 1, the first day of meteorological winter. It looks like these bitter conditions are here to stay.
When ice freezes and melts, it creates vortices that drag warmer waters from the depths to the surface, where they eat away at the continent's rapidly degrading ice shelves.
A NASA satellite recently captured a volcanic plume billowing from Krasheninnikova.
Snow in Hawaii isn't as unusual as you might think, but some northern U.S. cities are seeing significant delays to the start of their winter season.
A wide swath of the western U.S. may be in for below-average temperatures as forecasts suggest an Arctic blast is looming.
The storm could trigger dangerous flash floods and mudslides, but it may also extinguish California’s wildfire season.
Funding and staffing cuts are shuttering the monitoring stations that sustain this life-saving early warning system.
Google DeepMind’s Weather Lab only began releasing forecasts in June, and it’s out-performing traditional models.
The decision reflects the “growing financial challenge” of producing the magazine in today’s media environment, the publication said.
“It is slowly marching south, which is really terrifying.”
The ice sample, retrieved in Antarctica, is the oldest on record—but this discovery may just be tip of the iceberg.
Hurricane Melissa weakened slightly as it crawled over Jamaica, but not enough to save Cuba from devastating impacts.
An Indigenous perspective reveals how daylight saving time runs counter to both human biology and the rhythms of the natural world.
U.S. Air Force hurricane hunters experienced so much turbulence inside Hurricane Melissa that they were forced to turn back, but not before capturing some harrowing photos and videos.
The shift could lead to different weather patterns and alter the planet's climate.
