Around the world, phytoplankton in the upper ocean help to cycle key nutrients and regulate Earth’s climate by absorbing carbon dioxide. These photosynthesizing organisms rely on dissolved iron as an ...
A new community science project brings together the Cowichan Tribes, the provincial government of British Columbia, and scientists to study the Xwulqw'selu Sta'lo' (Koksilah River). Credit: David ...
New research analyzes the influence of changes in rainfall to Serengeti National Park in Tanzania. Credit: Richard Mortel/Flickr, CC BY 2.0 The Serengeti is one of the most diverse ecosystems on Earth ...
In Antarctica, beneath the ice, there is liquid water—and potentially a lot of it. That’s the takeaway from new research that ...
Regular, alternating layers in Gale Crater may have been deposited as the result of tides raised by a moon at least 18 times the mass of Phobos, a study says. Pictures of a rocky outcrop snapped ...
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope imaged Uranus, its rings, and several of its 29 moons with its Near-Infrared Camera on 18 December 2023. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI The solar system’s oddball ...
Sea level rise threatens to flood thousands of industrial sites containing hazardous materials, according to a new study. Credit: Unsplash/Kelly Sikkema Research & Developments is a blog for brief ...
London’s River Thames is seen here during a 2004 flood. Credit: Pointillist/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 Water levels are creeping upward on shorelines across the world, and decisionmaking systems ...
The aftermath of the 4 November 2025 landslide at Mae Moh Mine in Thailand. Image copyright Planet, captured on 22 and 23 November 2025, used with permission. Over the weekend, Planet captured ...
The aftermath of the 11 November 2025 landslide at Hongqi Bridge in Sichuan Province, China. Image captured by Blacksky and released via Twitter. The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is ...
A cross‑section from the Mull magma source (left) to the Dogger Sill Complex (right) showing the shallow magma chamber, the long lateral dyke (narrow vertical intrusion), and sill intrusions along the ...
Ancient Mars boasted abundant water, but the cold and dry conditions of today make liquid water on the Red Planet seem far less probable. However, the Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionosphere ...