The Trump administration is requesting the cancellation of billions of dollars in funds for space science, renewable energy, ...

The Rubin Observatory sits at 2,647 meters (8,684 feet) above sea level at Cerro Pachón in the Chilean Andes. Credit: RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/NSF/DOE/AURA/P. Horálek ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory appears beneath the Milky Way, and the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds. Credit: NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory/NOIRLab/SLAC/AURA/P. Lago ...

Loyal readers of this blog will have seen many posts that cover the problematic landslide history of low technology rural roads in Nepal. I have demonstrated repeatedly that these so-called “bulldozer ...

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

The researchers found more than 500 pieces of opaque black “space glass” in varying shapes in Brazil. Credit: Álvaro Crósta For the first time in South America and only the sixth time in history, ...

The Cerrado savanna in Brazil is the second-largest biome in South America and stores as much carbon as 20% of the Amazon rainforest, according to new research. Credit: Andre Dib The Cerrado savanna ...

Sediment cores collected by instruments such as this one on the back of R/V Neil Armstrong shed light on how the North Atlantic Ocean of the last ice age circulated. Credit: Alice Carter-Champion A ...

Geothermal activity near Hveragerði, Iceland, has created a natural laboratory where researchers can study how ecosystems, including microbes and plans, respond to long-term warming. Credit: Sara ...

A critical part of Earth’s carbon cycle is the sinking of particulate organic material from the ocean’s surface to its depths. Much of that material is classified as “marine snow,” which is primarily ...

Since the early 2000s, NOAA’s U.S. Climate Reference Network has operated a network of highly accurate stations across the country, including this one near Moose, Wyo., that measure meteorological ...

Research & Developments is a blog for brief updates that provide context for the flurry of news that impacts science and scientists today. The ocean soaked up more heat last year than in any year ...