Earth

A few brief reports about international science and technology from Papua New Guinea to Kazakhstan, including one on the slow slide of Mount Etna in Italy.

Cod egg survival stays high with limited warming, but plummets when the temperature rises a few degrees Celsius in their current spawning grounds.

There are many cheap and effective ways to provide safe water to the world’s poor regions. But projects often fail due to inadequate planning, maintenance or persuasive power

The official federal announcement of global temperatures has been delayed by the U.S. government shutdown

Rep. Kathy Castor, head of the revamped House climate committee, says the panel will be working on a policy road map for global warming

Weather fluctuations change how much excess carbon soil can absorb from the atmosphere

The first direct air capture and storage plant in the world is powered by geothermal heat in Iceland. Is it enough to reach negative carbon emissions?

To learn more, read the story here.

Mountain glaciers are an important source of freshwater for wildlife and human communities

In an annual World Economic Forum report, climate change, extreme weather and biodiversity loss were named among the highest global risks

Earth’s seas are absorbing excess heat 40 percent faster than previous estimates

Silica, a common ingredient in sand, concrete and glass, may have its origins in supernovae

As the New Horizons mission approached Ultima Thule, Rowan University paleontologist Kenneth Lacovara put our close-up study of the Kuiper Belt object into a deep-time perspective.