Scientists usually use the “nonelliptical” geoid to consider the strength of Earth’s gravity at its surface, but the new study uses the “nonhydrostatic ...
The aftermath of the 1 June 2025 Dingqing landslide on the Tibetan Plateau. Image copyright Planet Labs, used with permission, collected on 5 June 2025. The aftermath of the 1 June 2025 Dingqing ...
Measuring plastic particles carried on Cozumel’s sea breezes and ocean currents reveals how simple physics shapes the ...
Emperor penguins molt every summer, replacing all their feathers over the period of about a month. Credit: Peter Fretwell Peter Fretwell, a remote sensing scientist at the British Antarctic Survey, ...
The Cerrado savanna in Brazil is the second-largest biome in South America and stores as much carbon as 20% of the Amazon rainforest, according to new research. Credit: Andre Dib The Cerrado savanna ...
The aftermath of one of the landslides triggered by the 23 - 24 February 2026 rainfall event in Juiz da Fora, Brazil. Still from a video captured by Viory and posted to Youtube by Poder360. Heavy ...
Sediment cores collected by instruments such as this one on the back of R/V Neil Armstrong shed light on how the North Atlantic Ocean of the last ice age circulated. Credit: Alice Carter-Champion A ...
In the first year of his second term, President Donald Trump worked across agencies to roll back practical and political momentum to address the climate crisis. Experts say the array of administration ...
Research & Developments is a blog for brief updates that provide context for the flurry of news that impacts science and scientists today. The ocean soaked up more heat last year than in any year ...
The Amazon saw its worst wildfire season in decades in 2024. New research examines the consequences. Credit: CSU/CIRA & NOAA Wildfires in the rainy, humid Amazon might once have seemed unlikely, but ...
McDougall and Argall now report observations of a switchback-shaped structure in Earth’s magnetic field, suggesting that switchbacks can also form near planets. The researchers discovered the ...
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