Earth Science

In a striking new study, researchers report that the early Earth may have grown through fast, high-impact collisions with embryos...

A new study in Big Earth Data introduces an operational machine-learning framework for estimating agricultural drought conditions using high-resolution Sentinel-2...

Aerosols—tiny particles emitted from industry, vehicles and natural sources—have long puzzled climate scientists: do they strengthen deep convective clouds, weaken...

A new study is putting the deep ocean’s most elusive tectonic features under a sharper lens, revealing that the Gorda...

A new study in Communications Earth & Environment reports that late Cambrian life suffered a dramatic blow during the Marjuman...

Plastic agricultural films (PAFs) are a quiet workhorse of modern farming, but new research warns they are also quietly reshaping...

Feedstock-derived biochar is often marketed as a predictable tool for improving soils, removing contaminants, recycling nutrients, and storing carbon. Yet...

Tropical cyclones are expected to drench more intensely as the planet warms, because warmer air can hold more water. Clausius–Clapeyron...

A new study is sharpening a long-debated connection in Earth science: how the chemistry of seawater records itself inside the...

Severe droughts across the ancient Eastern Mediterranean were most likely driven by the rare alignment of multiple natural climate cycles,...