Earth Sciences

Mountain permafrost is warming and thawing worldwide due to climate change, with ground temperature being a key control of its mechanical stability. Heat conduction is the dominant mode of heat transfer in frozen ground, and […]

An international assessment report has been released to provide definitive statements on the atmospheric impacts from a huge volcanic eruption in 2022.This post was originally published on this site

An international research expedition involving Cornell has uncovered new details as to why a 2011 earthquake northeast of Japan behaved so unusually as it lifted the seafloor and produced a tsunami that devastated coastal communities […]

New findings about ocean processes in the Antarctic show melting ice shelves and changes to sea ice could have catastrophic implications for the global climate.This post was originally published on this site

Wildfires on Alaska’s North Slope were more active this past century than at any time in the past 3,000 years, according to a study published in the journal Biogeosciences.This post was originally published on this […]

British policymakers planning for climate change now have detailed worst-case scenarios at their disposal, filling a gap that left the UK unprepared for extreme outcomes.This post was originally published on this site

Just when we thought we had described all the possible marine environmental recipients of plastic pollution, new research comes in to overturn the picture.This post was originally published on this site

Stanford researchers have uncovered evidence that deep underwater earthquakes can spur the growth of massive phytoplankton blooms at the ocean surface.This post was originally published on this site

Wildfires can benefit forests by clearing old debris, leaving behind fertilizer, and more. For over a century, the United States has poured billions of dollars into fire suppression tactics to keep people, homes and critical […]

Groundwater is a critical resource in Southern California, where long-term drought and climate change place increasing pressure on local aquifers. Some regions, like the Hollywood Basin (a small region in and around the West Hollywood […]