Geography

If you guessed locations with drier atmospheres and frequent clear skies, you're rightCredit: Carlos Coimbra WASHINGTON, D.C., June 25, 2019 -- A group of University of California, San Diego researchers set out to gain a better…

Credit: Photo Courtesy of Marcus Huerta (San Antonio, June 25, 2019) -- Working with local architecture firm Ford, Powell & Carson and the Archdiocese of San Antonio, the UTSA Center for Cultural Sustainability (CCS) will…

Logging roads are expanding dramatically in the Congo Basin, leading to catastrophic collapses in animal populations living in the world's second-largest rainforest, according to research co-led by a scientist at James Cook University in…

Credit: University of Bristol New research led by climate scientists from the University of Bristol suggests that the representation of clouds in climate models is as, or more, important than the amount of greenhouse gas emissions when it…

Biggest such known formation; could signal resources worldwideCredit: Kerry Key In a new survey of the sub-seafloor off the U.S. Northeast coast, scientists have made a surprising discovery: a gigantic aquifer of relatively fresh water…

Credit: University of Plymouth The cumulative stresses caused by historic earthquakes could provide some explanation as to why and where they occur, according to new research. Scientists have previously struggled to identify patterns for…

Changes in agriculture, trade, food production and consumption after the collapse of the Soviet Union led to a large reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, a new study has found. From 1991 to 2011, there was a net emissions reduction of…

Fast-paced warming is consistently affecting huge region, says new studyCredit: Joshua Maurer A newly comprehensive study shows that melting of Himalayan glaciers caused by rising temperatures has accelerated dramatically since…

We marvel at flying animals because it seems like they can access anywhere, but a first study of its kind has revealed that wind can prevent seabirds from accessing the most important of habitats: their nestsCredit: Glynn Trueman We marvel…

Researchers simulate the extreme pressure and heat in the Earth's mantleCredit: Horst Marschall Diamonds are crystals of carbon that form deep in the Earth's mantle underneath the oldest continents, the cratons. They are transported to…