A new study warns that day zero droughts—when reservoirs fail to supply taps—could become common within this decade.

A new study warns that day zero droughts—when reservoirs fail to supply taps—could become common within this decade.

Aurorae such as the southern lights, seen here over Antarctica, show the geomagnetic field in action. Some areas of the field, which shields Earth’s surface from charged solar particles, are stronger ...

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft flew through Enceladus’s jets during its long mission in the Saturn system. This Cassini image is from 17 February 2005. Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute In 2008, ...

NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 satellite reveals an impressively dynamic picture of the Earth’s carbon cycle, yet it may be prematurely decommissioned and destroyed due to budget cuts. In ...

Satellite image of the aftermath of the 31 August 2025 landslides in Sudan. Planet image draped onto the Google Earth DEM. Image copyright Planet, used with permission. Image dated 6 September 2025.

The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. The first documents damage along the line of the Teesta River, but ...

Magma is on the move beneath Yellowstone National Park’s Upper Geyser Basin in Wyoming and throughout the caldera but is unlikely to contribute to an eruption. Credit: Jim Peaco/NPS Magma deep beneath ...

This simulation shows what it might look like to dive into a lunar pit and explore a connected lava tube. Credit: Conor Marsh, University of Manchester/ ESA The Moon’s surface is pockmarked with more ...

This RGB (red-green-blue) composite satellite view of farmland in Brazil comprises three images of a single polarization taken during three different parts of the growing season. This technique is ...

Measuring atmospheric fluxes of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide helps scientists understand Earth’s carbon cycle and other biogeochemical processes, as well as how ...