Earth Science

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

Humanity already possesses much of the science, technology and economic capacity needed to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions. Yet global emissions continue...

A quiet chemical reaction hidden in ordinary rocks may be capable of converting sunlight into usable energy without the help...

Offshore wind is often presented as one of the clearest routes toward a low-carbon energy system: turbines harvest powerful marine...

A hidden atmospheric chain reaction above the world’s great monsoon systems may be changing the chemistry of the upper troposphere,...

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...

Wastewater treatment has long depended on catalysts that perform a difficult balancing act: they must destroy pollutants efficiently while surviving...

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...