Earth Science

A growing body of evidence suggests that warming doesn’t simply push ecosystems toward collapse—it also triggers internal rearrangements that can...

Marine scientists have unveiled a streamlined way to forecast how spiny lobster fisheries will rise or fall—using nothing more than...

Future warming may not just affect temperatures—it could steadily erode Earth’s hidden carbon inventory, according to a new study in...

A new analysis argues that the Japanese Palaeolithic has been underrepresented in Western stories about how people expanded across Asia—despite...

Urban ecosystems are anything but silent for viruses. In a study published in Nature Communications, researchers map how RNA viruses...

Coastal algal blooms are accelerating worldwide—and new research points to a largely overlooked culprit: phosphorus carried by coastal groundwater. In...

A new study published in Nature Communications warns that Arctic permafrost could become an accelerating source of greenhouse gases, and...

Mammalian carnivores look incredibly diverse, yet their evolution appears to rely on a surprisingly small set of dental solutions. A...

Boulder, Colorado—The Geological Society of America (GSA) announced that Ester Sztein, the society’s Director of International Programs, has been named...

A new study in Nature Communications reports that subducting slabs can become effectively “stalled” for long periods—not simply due to...