Russia’s Earthquake, Wonders of Walking and Plant Genetics
The lowdown on the Environmental Protection Agency’s move to repeal of the “endangerment” finding. Also, how did a juicy ketchup ingredient help create a starchy tuber?
Hidden Lake Bursts through Greenland Ice in ‘Extremely Surprising’ Event
Water usually flows downward, but something strange happened under Greenland’s ice sheet when a deluge punched through the surface to scour an area nearly twice the size of New York’s Central Park
Summer Meteor Showers, Short Summer Days and Ancient Arthropods
Set your alarm on Wednesday to see some of the summer’s stunning meteor showers.
What It’s Like to Live and Work on the Greenland Ice Sheet
Think: subzero temperatures, bone-rattling storms and mysteries about the future of our planet under the ice.
There’s a New Hole in the Ground at Yellowstone National Park
The park’s newest hydrothermal feature has an otherworldly milky texture from dissolved silica
Japan Wires the Ocean with an Earthquake-Sensing ‘Nervous System’
Japan’s new earthquake-detection network lengthens warning times, and researchers in Wales have harnessed nuclear blast detectors to gauge tsunami risks. But the U.S. lags in monitoring the massive Cascadia megathrust fault
A Thought Experiment Reveals the Fingerprints of Climate Change Came Early
Climate change left its signature on the atmosphere early in the industrial revolution, reveals a thought experiment investigation
See Earth’s Forests as Never Before in Biomass Satellite’s First Images
New images from the European Space Agency’s Biomass mission show how the satellite uses advanced radar to map flows of carbon through our planet’s most precious and remote ecosystems
A Sodom and Gomorrah Story Shows Scientific Facts Aren’t Settled by Public Opinion
Claims that an asteroid or comet airburst destroyed the biblical Sodom captured the public’s imagination. Its retraction shows that scientific conclusions aren’t decided by majority rule in the public square
Could a Monster Earthquake Actually Sink Parts of the Pacific Northwest?
A new study is fueling speculation and fear about the risks of a major earthquake in the Cascadia subduction zone, including massive flooding in California
I Wasn’t Prepared to Be a Climate Refugee
A climate advocate learns firsthand on the price of climate change in our lives, and calls for voters to head off future disasters
As Earth’s Climate Unravels, More Scientists Are Ready to Test Geoengineering
More and more climate scientists are supporting experiments to cool Earth by altering the stratosphere or the ocean