Heavy plowing can impair water’s flow through the ground. The problem was found by “listening” to tiny seismic signals caused by rain infiltrating the soil.
One widely used “geoid” technique may have missed up to a century of sea level rise — so risks could hit millions of people far sooner than expected.
Victoria Glynn is studying how high temperatures are affecting ocean plankton. She also makes art to help communicate science to the public.
Though they can look like rocks or plants, corals are animals. Most are made up of colonies of individuals called polyps.
Scientists are testing whether plastic pollution from the ocean can be transformed into safe and durable highways.
Learning from the Earth's past climate swings — what happened to life and when — can help us understand where we might be headed.
Here’s a basic breakdown of the different cloud types, as well as how clouds form and why they float.
The tiny, storm-driven electric zaps dance and jump around pine needles and other leaves. Videos have just captured that subtle flickering in forests.
Along with Antarctic fur seals, these iconic birds, the largest of all penguins, are now endangered by their continent’s warming.
