
Earth
Earth farts may explain some spooky floating lights
The gases released by earthquakes might occasionally ignite, triggering ghostly lights sometimes witnessed in South Carolina.
By Nikk Ogasa
Come explore with us!
The gases released by earthquakes might occasionally ignite, triggering ghostly lights sometimes witnessed in South Carolina.
Earth’s ongoing fever threatens to push entire forests toward this heat limit — and possible death.
Human-caused climate change has played a big role in this summer’s historic heat.
The eruption plume spawned lightning that started 20 to 30 kilometers (some 12 to 19 miles) above sea level.
These long-traveling storm systems bring moisture to many parts of the world. Here’s what scientists are learning about them.
Bits of airborne salt may help raindrops form, removing water from clouds before it can freeze as part of the process that makes lightning.
Inland melting of the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream is accelerating — and may contribute far more to sea level rise than earlier estimates suggested.
Researchers wanted to study the health effects of wildfire smoke. But they realized they didn’t know where it was and how much exposure people had.
A massive volcanic eruption in the South Pacific, earlier this year, appears to have triggered one tsunami that was initially 90 meters (nearly 300 feet) tall.