Earth Science

A new study warns that South America’s soil moisture is not governed only by local rainfall. Using satellite observations and...

A new analysis of Canada’s 2023 wildfire season suggests that wildfire smoke didn’t just dim skies—it measurably reduced solar energy...

Urbanization is reshaping disease risk in subtle ways, and a new study points to a worrying match between city growth...

A new study reports that Earth’s upper atmosphere naturally hosts electron Bernstein waves—an elusive class of plasma oscillations—observed directly using...

Iron-enriched “biochar” is emerging as an unexpected tool for cleaner, more efficient nitrogen cycling in flooded paddy soils, according to...

Soil is often treated as a simple storage site for carbon, but a new study suggests it is better understood...

Persistent herbicide residues can linger in agricultural soils long after application, where they disrupt microbial communities, impair nutrient cycling, reduce...

An international team of geoscientists has uncovered how an ancient coastal landscape keeps reshaping modern groundwater—long after the sea retreated....

A new modelling study warns that the Northwest European Shelf could face a steep energy shortfall as zooplankton productivity declines...

An international team has unveiled a remarkable set of fossilized footprints from northern Kenya’s Lake Turkana region, offering a rare...