Earth

Destroying habitats makes viruses and other pathogens more likely to infect humans

Less water loss from plants causes the surrounding air to warm, and currents can transport that heat poleward

Higher temperatures and wetter weather may spur soil microbes to release more carbon into the atmosphere

An unusually strong polar vortex kept the hole open for nearly a month—now, it’s finally shut again

Pooling meltwater destabilized the glacier, sending an avalanche of ice down a mountainside

The large herbivores appear to prefer disturbed areas over more intact ones and spread many more seeds in those places through their droppings.

Ice lost by Greenland and Antarctica outweighs any gains from accumulating snow, measurements from NASA’s ICESat-2 show

New analysis reveals river deltas’ surprising expansion 

Tamu Massif and dozens of other seafloor volcanoes formed like sheet cakes, not layer cakes 

Help kids learn about the geology of the Pacific Northwest in a fun, informative geology book with easy projects

In a teleconference promoting her participation in Earth Day events on the National Geographic Channel, Goodall talked about what gives her hope during the pandemic and what she hopes we all learn from it.

Originally published in January 1860