The Yellow River Delta is one of China’s most rapidly changing landscapes—and a new study is examining how to observe...

Extreme weather is becoming more frequent and intense as the climate warms, but one of the planet’s most important drivers...

The Southern Ocean is often portrayed as a vast conveyor belt, moving water around Antarctica and helping regulate the climate...

A new study is challenging one of the most familiar explanations in ocean science: the idea that the Moon’s gravity...

For decades, scientists have searched for natural records capable of revealing how the oceans changed before modern instruments began measuring...

After heavy rain, rivers often turn the color of chocolate as sediment—soil, sand, silt, and other particles—rushes from the landscape...

A glacier in West Antarctica may have begun thinning across its entire drainage system at roughly the same time, revealing...

A few seconds can make the difference between standing safely in a doorway and being trapped by falling glass, furniture...

A climate shock that unfolded about 304 million years ago is offering scientists a dramatic warning about how quickly Earth’s...

A new study is challenging one of the most familiar assumptions about Earth’s earliest history: that the planet’s ancient rocks...