Earth Science

Scientists have reported that Pine Island Glacier in West Antarctica has undergone measurable, long-term changes in response to ice-shelf regrounding—an...

A new study in Communications Earth & Environment warns that “flash droughts” are now poised to worsen crop losses by...

Shrubs are often viewed as passive background vegetation, but new research suggests they can act as active engineers of ecosystem...

A new study overturns a long-standing expectation that the Southern Ocean should become less salty as freshwater inputs increase. Reporting...

A new Nature Communications study in 2026 spotlights a largely overlooked driver of atmospheric chemistry: inorganic halogens originating from continental...

A new study published in Communications Earth & Environment reports that deep-ocean regions affected by hydrothermal activity can rapidly consume...

A new study published in Communications Earth & Environment is reshaping how scientists think about rainfall in the Thar Desert...

A new study in Nature Communications suggests that mafic-to-ultramafic igneous rocks could have supplied the reactive phosphorus chemistry needed to...

Rare-earth elements that power magnets, batteries, and electronics may be easier to recover from the ocean than previously thought. A...

A new study has mapped where deforestation is pushing into Central America’s tropical moist forests—and what that expansion looks like...