Like heat waves, these periods of high atmospheric demand for water can damage crops and ecosystems and increase pressure on ...

New seismic images of the Lucky Strike slow-spreading segment of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge show thick lower crust at the center that thins in both along-ridge directions.

Rivers join downstream, flow downhill, and eventually meet an ocean or terminal lake: These are fundamental rules of how ...

The discovery of salty mineral evaporites on Ryugu indicates that watery environments may have been widespread in the early ...

A team of dozens spent weeks in the Rwenzori Mountains capturing drone photography, GPS coordinates, and ground-penetrating ...

During a voyage off the east coast of Africa, researchers collected detailed measurements of massive swirling currents that ...

Two valleys extending away from a giant crater suggest that upcoming Artemis missions are more likely to sample ancient lunar ...

Coal-fired power plants in India—responsible for generating 73.4% of the country’s electricity —are bad for the country’s ...

Wild animals expend 76,000 gigajoules of energy—the equivalent of hundreds of thousands of monsoons or floods—shaping our ...

Wells overpumping groundwater could be forcing rivers to seep underground, a new study shows. Regions with intensive ...

Discarded explosives were dumped into the Baltic and North seas after World War II. Their deadly legacy is still with us.

A record of soil moisture that extends over one thousand years allows for the investigation of occurrence and causes of ...