The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. Nepal is one of the most landslide prone countries on earth, a ...

Radionuclides were suggested as markers of the Anthropocene, but scientists say the markers could just as well be plastics or other manufactured materials. Credit ...

Years ago, scientists noted something odd: Earth’s Northern and Southern Hemispheres reflect nearly the same amount of sunlight back into space. The reason why this symmetry is odd is because the ...

Boletus edulis (also called porcini or penny bun) is a fungus that forms mycorrhizal relationships with trees. Credit: PalKarlsen/Pixabay Mycorrhizal fungi—soil-dwelling fungi that exchange nutrients ...

The El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a natural climate phenomenon driven by interactions between the ocean and atmosphere in the tropical Pacific. In recent decades, major advances in observing ...

Research & Developments is a blog for brief updates that provide context for the flurry of news that impacts science and scientists today. A yearly analysis of climate change’s progress and effects ...

Ten years have passed since Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 vanished after departing from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, with 239 people aboard. Military and scientific personnel spent months combing unexplored ...

Field testing and comparisons of different thermal imaging cameras were conducted during the Great Thermal Bake-off workshop in August 2024. In this image captured by one of the cameras, colors ...

Winter is coming—and not just for Earth’s Northern Hemisphere. Northern summer on Saturn, which completes its orbit around the Sun about once every 30 years, is coming to a close after about 7.5 years ...

A new model, tested using recorded seismic activity in the Alaska-Aleutian subduction zone, offers an updated theory for why shear waves spread out in multiple directions. Seen here is Adak Island in ...

Water loss associated with aquifers and basins in South America, including Brazil’s São Francisco River, amounts to 95% of water loss on Earth, new research shows. Credit: Cleferson Comarela/Wikimedia ...