A conspiracy theory that spread on social media claims that gravity will disappear for seven seconds this August, and that NASA is aware that this will happen. A physics professor explains why this is ...

Volcanoes and wildfires can inject millions of tons of gases and aerosol particles into the air, affecting temperatures on a global scale. But picking out the specific impact of individual events ...

Researchers at ETH Zurich have now discovered for the first time that large blackwater lakes in the extensive peatlands of the central Congo Basin are releasing ancient carbon. To date, climate ...

A closer look at Earth’s history shows that melting ice sheets temporarily increased stratification in the Southern Ocean.

The idea that extreme climate change could one day cause a mass extinction and end the human dominance is not as farfetched ...

A widespread bacteria called "soap scum" grows in Yellowstone National Park's thermal pools that on the surface doesn't seem ...

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A rare deep-field Antarctic flight campaign has uncovered unexpected aerosol concentrations over the continent’s interior.

As more companies take to Low Earth Orbit, this is emerging as a new need. See how microgravity is helping unlock breakthroughs for science too.

Satellite spies stunning auroras from orbit during G1 geomagnetic storm.

Have you ever stopped to wonder how forecasters can predict the weather days in advance, or how scientists figure out how the climate might evolve under different policies? The Earth system is a vast ...