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 ...

Mycorrhizal fungi, shown here with false color, have a symbiotic relationship with most plants. Credit: Oyarte-Galvez (AMOLF)/ Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 Just as the human body contains a ...

Ancient driftwood found in Stanton’s Cave, about 40 meters above the Colorado River in Grand Canyon National Park, Ariz., hinted at a catastrophic landslide occurring more than 50,000 years ago.

The Trump administration announced today that the 1.5-million acre coastal plains in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge will open for drilling. Here, caribou graze on the plain, with the Brooks Range ...

The rare earth element niobium was likely dragged to the surface as the supercontinent Rodinia broke apart more than 800 million years ago. Credit: Artem Topchiy/Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 For much of ...

The Alaska National Guard’s 176th Wing evacuated approximately 300 displaced western Alaska residents from Bethel, Alaska, following Typhoon Halong, 15, October. Credit: Senior Airman Joseph Moon, ...

Some excellent before and after imagery is now available showing the evolution of the Matai’an landslide dam. The active GIS/spatial analysis community in Taiwan has produced some fascinating analysis ...

A NASA-led carbon observation satellite allows researchers to scan the atmosphere over cities like New York to measure carbon emissions. Credit: Dietmar Rabich/Wikimedia Commons , CC BY-SA 4.0 Because ...

Good digital data is now being published that presents the scale of landscape change that occurred as a result of the Matai’an landslide hazard cascade. There is also interesting information about the ...

Meteorologist and atmospheric scientist Neil Jacobs, perhaps best known for his involvement in “Sharpiegate,” was confirmed as the new leader of NOAA on Tuesday evening. Credit: Senate.gov Research & ...