In the Yukon River Delta, snow and ice are essential for Indigenous communities, providing travel routes and supporting hunting, fishing, and cultural practices. Credit: NASA image courtesy Jeff ...
Around the world, phytoplankton in the upper ocean help to cycle key nutrients and regulate Earth’s climate by absorbing carbon dioxide. These photosynthesizing organisms rely on dissolved iron as an ...
In the coming decades, climate change is likely to lead to a loss of sea ice in and an influx of warmer water to the Arctic Ocean, affecting the ocean’s vertical circulation. Brown et al. recently ...
On 11 March 2011, a tsunami struck the east coast of Japan, damaging the Fukushima Nuclear Power plant and precipitating the second largest series of nuclear meltdowns in history. The majority of the ...
A new community science project brings together the Cowichan Tribes, the provincial government of British Columbia, and scientists to study the Xwulqw'selu Sta'lo' (Koksilah River). Credit: David ...
New research analyzes the influence of changes in rainfall to Serengeti National Park in Tanzania. Credit: Richard Mortel/Flickr, CC BY 2.0 The Serengeti is one of the most diverse ecosystems on Earth ...
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope imaged Uranus, its rings, and several of its 29 moons with its Near-Infrared Camera on 18 December 2023. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI The solar system’s oddball ...
The aftermath of the 4 November 2025 landslide at Mae Moh Mine in Thailand. Image copyright Planet, captured on 22 and 23 November 2025, used with permission. Over the weekend, Planet captured ...
Ancient Mars boasted abundant water, but the cold and dry conditions of today make liquid water on the Red Planet seem far less probable. However, the Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionosphere ...
Regular, alternating layers in Gale Crater may have been deposited as the result of tides raised by a moon at least 18 times the mass of Phobos, a study says. Pictures of a rocky outcrop snapped ...
Sea level rise threatens to flood thousands of industrial sites containing hazardous materials, according to a new study. Credit: Unsplash/Kelly Sikkema Research & Developments is a blog for brief ...
The aftermath of the 4 November 2025 landslide at Mae Moh Mine in Thailand. Image copyright Planet, captured on 15 November 2025, used with permission. Planet imagery shows the massive coal waste ...