Environment

Ocean heatwaves are hiding months of extra warming

Pompeii’s 2,000-year-old eruption just gave scientists a better clock for Earth’s past

The “big one” might not come alone: Two major West Coast faults may strike back to back

These tropical trees breathe at night to survive drought

The Arctic sea ice melt season grew longer for decades, but something strange happened around 2010

Stonehenge’s 6-ton altar stone may have traveled from Scotland by glacier

Scientists say a critical Atlantic Ocean current is weakening and the effects could be global

Scientists turn seawater into fresh water without harmful brine

Irrigation’s climate benefit could equal 363 years of its own emissions

Scientists “truly astonished” by discovery that challenges Earth’s origin story

Geologists reveal the Americas collided millions of years earlier than thought

Earth’s center is moving, and NASA just measured it

New Mexico’s largest reservoir plunges to just 1.4% full

Earth may have lost the Sun’s protective shield millions of years ago

Earth’s day isn’t exactly 24 hours. The reason may lie deep inside the planet

One of America’s largest reservoirs just hit a record low

This new concrete is stronger and pulls CO2 from the air

A strange circle on satellite maps turned out to be a 390-million-year-old impact crater

The end of humanity? What would happen if the Yellowstone supervolcano erupted now

Scientists stunned as volcano cloud starts destroying methane

Animals may have evolved 200 million years earlier than we thought

A massive plume deep beneath Africa is pulling the continent apart

One of Earth’s driest places was just covered in snow

Scientists find two tiny new snails with shells that close like doors

Anak Krakatau blasts ash nearly 10 miles high

Scientists just discovered why Arctic sea ice moves so strangely

DNA solves the mystery of a body found in the Arctic in 1859

UNESCO warns there’s close to a 100% chance of a Mediterranean tsunami

This “golden tree” coral was too strange for any known family

Plants may be evolving the wrong traits for a warming world

Deep beneath Mars, scientists find a vast hidden magma system

New “plant armor” more than triples strawberry yields

Hundreds of hidden earthquakes found at Antarctica’s Doomsday Glacier

Researchers unveil sustainable spirulina solution to vitamin B12 deficiency

New soil test could reveal how soil microbes help feed plants

1.7-billion-year-old fossils reveal a crucial clue to the rise of complex life

Hurricane Hunters reveal 4 warning signs that a storm is about to strengthen

One Mount Etna eruption took weeks. Another happened in hours

Back-to-back Arctic storms can double sea ice loss

Global warming is breaking a 400-year climate link between two oceans