Measuring plastic particles carried on Cozumel’s sea breezes and ocean currents reveals how simple physics shapes the ...

Since 1968, there have been over 1,400 fatal landslides in Nepal, killing over 6,000 people. I’m currently writing a paper on the patterns of fatal landslides in Nepal since 1968. This is an update on ...

A photograph taken near the town of Popoyo, Nicaragua, during a post-tsunami survey following a Mw = 7.7 earthquake that struck Nicaragua’s Pacific coast on 1 September 1992 local time. Here ...

McDougall and Argall now report observations of a switchback-shaped structure in Earth’s magnetic field, suggesting that switchbacks can also form near planets. The researchers discovered the ...

Scientists usually use the “nonelliptical” geoid to consider the strength of Earth’s gravity at its surface, but the new study uses the “nonhydrostatic ...

The aftermath of the 1 June 2025 Dingqing landslide on the Tibetan Plateau. Image copyright Planet Labs, used with permission, collected on 5 June 2025. The aftermath of the 1 June 2025 Dingqing ...

The El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a natural climate phenomenon driven by interactions between the ocean and atmosphere in the tropical Pacific. In recent decades, major advances in observing ...

Most airline passengers have no idea how little of the ocean floor beneath them has been mapped. Credit: nateemee/iStock.com It has been 3 years since Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 disappeared, and ...

Does it ever feel like there’s something missing from your work that you can’t quite put your finger on—something to bring more meaning and accessibility to your science? That missing element might be ...

The South Pole–Aitken basin appears in bluer colors in this false-color image from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter showing elevation of the lunar surface. Credit: NASA/GSFC/ASU There’s no shortage of ...

Mars may once have hosted a large ocean covering much of its northern hemisphere. Credit: Robert Citron From alluvial fans to lake beds, Mars has no shortage of surface features that were clearly ...

An airborne view of the massive glacier (600 square kilometers and up to 700 meters thick) that covers Katla, one of Iceland’s most active and hazardous volcanoes. New research of Katla’s emissions ...