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A new study confirms that penguin guano kicks off a chemical reaction that causes clouds to form.
Traces of ruthenium in volcanic rock point to a hidden geological highway.
The agency forecasts up to 10 hurricanes for this year, half of which could be major.
A seemingly out-of-place boulder in Tonga hints at a massive tsunami that hit the region 7,000 years ago.
"We’ve never seen them like we are now.”
Carbon dioxide emissions from rising magma is one of the earliest signs that a volcano is waking up, but measuring it directly is notoriously difficult.
A potentially first-of-its-kind video filmed on a solar farm captures the strike-slip motion of the recent 7.7 magnitude earthquake.
A new study reveals that uneven land subsidence could impact 29,000 buildings across the America's most populated metropolises.
Researchers say our understanding of Earth’s largest biome is based on a tiny, unrepresentative sample dominated by just a few countries.
Drought, wind, and climate change are turning the Borderplex into a morass of airborne grit.
Researchers warn that current land management models don't account for accelerated, human-driven rock formation processes.
A regional severe weather outbreak is on the table, with strong tornadoes and very large hail possible across parts of Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin.
New research shows the blast triggered secondary gravity waves that rattled the upper atmosphere, where satellites orbit.
The Jones Road Fire tore through over 15,300 acres of drought-stricken Pine Barrens—leaving a smoky scar visible from space.
Several years ago, snow in New Zealand's Southern Alps turned red, and while many blamed wildfires at the time, new research uncovers the true culprit.
Scientists speculate that asteroids colliding with Earth delivered water—an essential building block of life—but new research suggests the planet didn't need the delivery.
A suitcase-sized quantum sensor could soon reveal hidden water, oil, and even underground mountains—all by tracking how atoms fall.
The truth might be simpler than what you likely learned in high school.
Cores extracted from the impact crater revealed evidence of an ancient, life-nurturing hydrothermal system in the wake of the catastrophe.
Snow storms in the northern Rockies are depositing metal contaminants from mines in the Pacific Northwest, according to new research.
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