Earth Sciences

As global warming continues to reshape Earth’s climate, both the occurrence and mechanisms of extreme precipitation events, such as rain and snow, are undergoing profound transformation. These changes in frequency and intensity directly affect agricultural […]

The deep ocean has long been viewed as a quiet realm, largely isolated from the dynamic processes that shape Earth’s climate. However, new observations in the western equatorial Pacific have revealed robust intraseasonal variability at […]

Researchers at University of Tsukuba have identified the source and the factors affecting the radioactive cesium (137Cs) flow to the port of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant via its drainage channels. Using tritium in […]

Rising seas are irreversible on human timescales and among the most severe consequences of climate change. Emissions released in the coming decades will determine how much coastlines are reshaped for centuries to come.This post was […]

Brazilian researchers have developed a technique that estimates the force exerted on each grain of sand in a dune from images. This method, which is based on numerical simulations and artificial intelligence (AI), transforms the […]

Peatlands make up just 3% of Earth’s land surface but store more than 30% of the world’s soil carbon, preserving organic matter and sequestering its carbon for tens of thousands of years. A new study […]

The ocean’s smallest engineers, calcifying plankton, quietly regulate Earth’s thermostat by capturing and cycling carbon. However, a new review published in Science by an international team led by the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology […]

Late at night on 26 September 2024, Hurricane Helene made landfall on Florida’s big bend. The physical damage was devastating and well-documented, but an additional, unseen potential impact lurked underfoot.This post was originally published on […]

Madagascar’s landscape tells a story of deep time: ancient rifting and geological tilting sculpted the island’s dramatic topography and steered its rivers, setting the stage for the evolution of its extraordinary biodiversity.This post was originally […]

Salt is an essential nutrient for the human body. But hundreds of millions of years before the first humans, salt minerals once shaped entire landscapes. They even determined where early life on Earth could thrive.This […]