The ocean has helped mitigate global warming by absorbing around a quarter of anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO 2) emissions, along with more than 90% of the excess heat those emissions generate. This ...

Callisto’s crater-covered surface may be hiding a liquid water ocean. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Kevin M. Gill, CC BY 2.0 But evidence for Callisto’s subsurface ocean remained inconclusive, as the moon ...

In the coming decades, climate change is likely to lead to a loss of sea ice in and an influx of warmer water to the Arctic Ocean, affecting the ocean’s vertical circulation. Brown et al. recently ...

Every MLB baseball is smeared with a bit of special mud harvested from a secret location in New Jersey. Researchers took this “magic mud” into the lab to bring some science to this piece of baseball ...

Evapotranspiration is a scientific measurement representing the combined sum of evaporation from the soil (or water) surface to the atmosphere and transpiration from plants, where liquid water inside ...

An automated hydrological logger (drip logger) sits on a stalagmite at Wombeyan Caves in New South Wales, Australia. Credit: Andy Baker Groundwater is one of Earth’s most important natural ...

A new community science project brings together the Cowichan Tribes, the provincial government of British Columbia, and scientists to study the Xwulqw'selu Sta'lo' (Koksilah River). Credit: David ...

A new study tracked methane leaks from abandoned oil wells throughout Canada, like this one in Pioneer, Alberta. Credit: Jason Woodhead/Flickr, CC BY 2.0 Canada is home to more than 400,000 ...

As glaciers recede, slopes covered with a mixture or rock and ice are increasingly exposed in cold, high mountain areas. Rock-ice avalanches are a major hazard, as they can travel much farther than ...

The Katni River in Madhya Pradesh, India, grew dry and patchy during a 2016 drought. Credit: Anishdayal, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 Streamflow drought—when substantially less water than usual ...

An artist’s concept depicts what the Earth-analogue planet might look like, with the white dwarf star in the background. Credit: W. M. Keck Observatory/Adam Makarenko Earth’s future is bleak. At best, ...

Simulated image showing gigantic streams of helium escaping from the atmosphere of planet HAT-P-32b as it orbits its host star. Credit: M. MacLeod (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics) and A.