The ocean has helped mitigate global warming by absorbing around a quarter of anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO 2) emissions, along with more than 90% of the excess heat those emissions generate. This ...

High water levels can cause swift currents that make shipping barges difficult to maneuver and can overwhelm lock and dam systems. Such conditions have become more common since 1960, according to a ...

Callisto’s crater-covered surface may be hiding a liquid water ocean. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Kevin M. Gill, CC BY 2.0 But evidence for Callisto’s subsurface ocean remained inconclusive, as the moon ...

The Bering Land Bridge National Preserve, on the Bering Peninsula in Alaska, is currently above sea level. Credit: Bering Land Bridge National Preserve, Flickr, CC BY 2.0 Today the Bering Strait is a ...

An ancient impact left a scar deep under the North Sea. Credit: Paopano – stock.adobe.com Craters formed by asteroid impacts are ubiquitous on rocky bodies, and our planet is no exception. Researchers ...

Satellite image of Malalak in Indonesia, in the aftermath of the catastrophic debris flows. Image copyright Planet Labs, used with permission, collected on 1 December 2025. The Landslide Blog is ...

The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. At about 8 pm on 13 June 2024, a failure occurred in the embankment ...

High biomass levels make the Palmer Deep submarine canyon in Antarctica a preferred foraging site for penguins, such as these off Anvers Island. New research investigates the origins of this biomass.

Planet Labs satellite image of the aftermath of the heap leach landslide at the Eagle Gold Mine in the Yukon. Image copyright Planet Labs used with permission. Image dated 24 June 2024. The Landslide ...

The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. In Switzerland, a dramatic rock slope failure is developing above ...

A clear and consistent framework for the detection and classification of all cyclones — ranging from hurricanes and winter storms to monsoon-related events — is beneficial for the scientific research ...

Simulated image showing gigantic streams of helium escaping from the atmosphere of planet HAT-P-32b as it orbits its host star. Credit: M. MacLeod (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics) and A.