Swells can travel thousands of kilometres and may still be present even if the local wind is calm. It’s estimated that up to ...

Seismic waves from earthquakes have always offered a window into Earth’s hidden interior. For decades, researchers believed ...

Plate tectonics is geology’s Theory of Everything. The realisation in the 1960s that Earth’s crust is made of fragments ...

Over the past two decades, satellite-based planetary observations have recorded rapid mass loss of Patagonian glaciers, contributing approximately 0.07 mm per year to global sea-level rise. A study ...

Over the past two decades, satellite-based planetary observations have recorded rapid mass loss of Patagonian glaciers, ...

South Africa is slowly lifting out of the water—by up to 2 millimeters per year depending on the region. It had been assumed ...

As part of The World's ongoing series The Big Fix, Host Carolyn Beeler speaks with Susanna Lidström, a researcher at the KTH ...

When a massive, black patch, known as a polynya, was spotted by NASA scientists for the first time, satellite operators were ...

Kane was struck by the high concentrations of microplastics found in the sediment, especially because Whittard Canyon is so ...

A good estimation of the cloud tops is like the finest gold, especially for pilots flying under IFR during the winter months.

Scientists have found possible signs of life on a distant planet, but it’s too early to know for sure. Here’s what makes ...

As you read this, the North American continent’s underside is dribbling away into Earth’s molten mantle. And according to ...