The aftermath of one of the landslides triggered by the 23 - 24 February 2026 rainfall event in Juiz da Fora, Brazil. Still from a video captured by Viory and posted to Youtube by Poder360. Heavy ...

Climate change’s impacts on mangroves were incorporated into a new calculation of the social cost of carbon, a measure of the monetary damages climate change is causing. Credit: Kristin Hoel, Unsplash ...

Artisanal gold mining operations along the Rio Madre de Dios in Peru remove trees and leave behind gravel piles and pools of water. Credit: Ethan Householder For decades, wounds have surfaced in the ...

A team of medical professionals monitored the vital statistics of each buried participant during a new study of an avalanche safety device. Credit: Maurizio Gretter/Eurac Research A new medical study ...

A massive gully has been developing over the last two decades at Pondok Balik. It now covers an area of over 3 hectares. In Indonesia, a massive and rapidly developing gully is causing considerable ...

Geographic information system (GIS) maps help researchers, policymakers, and community members see how environmental risks are spread throughout a given region. These types of interactive, layered ...

Rising temperatures may tip Earth systems into states of irreversible destabilization, scientists argue in a new paper. Credit: Eelco Böhtlingk/Unsplash Earth systems may be on the brink of long-term, ...

On Thursday, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin will join President Donald Trump to announce the repeal of the 2009 Endangerment Finding. Credit: The White House/Joyce N. Boghosian, Public Domain Research & ...

Sediment cores collected by instruments such as this one on the back of R/V Neil Armstrong shed light on how the North Atlantic Ocean of the last ice age circulated. Credit: Alice Carter-Champion A ...

Global detections of oxychlorine salts reveal a complex, 4-billion-year chemical cycle on Mars. They can act as de-icing agents, oxidants, a hazard and a vital resource for future human exploration.

The change was caused by thirsty vegetation taking up less carbon than normal, not by the year’s extended fire season, new research shows.

The Moon’s farside is heavily cratered and mostly lacks the dark volcanic basins of the familiar nearside. The South Pole–Aitken basin, the oldest and largest crater on the Moon, is the large dark ...