Category: Earth

Delhi cloud seeding failed to clear hazardous smog as atmospheric moisture at the time was only 15–20%, well below the 50% threshold needed for rainfall

A new seismic analysis has identified a trio of geological factors that combined to produce the catastrophic 2025 Myanmar earthquake,…

A new study challenges the perception of bamboo tissue paper as a uniformly eco-friendly alternative to traditional wood-based products. The…

Historical ship logs are digitized to fill centuries of ocean data, extending Arctic sea ice history back to 1901 and revealing 75 million weather records

New research reveals that previously overlooked seasonal melting of the massive East Antarctic ice sheet is happening at a pace…

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Smartphones worldwide form a crowdsourced earthquake sensor network, using MEMS accelerometers to detect P-waves and issue rapid alerts before strong shaking

New drone-based surveillance of oil and gas facilities is revealing that methane emissions, a potent greenhouse gas, are significantly higher…

MBARI’s SINKER underwater robot delivers a real-time view of the biological carbon pump, imaging marine snow as it sinks 900 meters off Monterey Bay today

The climate crisis escalated significantly in 2024, which registered as the warmest year in the 175-year observational record and the…