Earth
In 2018, Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano erupted like a stomp rocket
The stomp rocket–like mechanism is a newly observed type of eruption.
Every print subscription comes with full digital access
The stomp rocket–like mechanism is a newly observed type of eruption.
The book explains how the race for ocean resources from fish to ores to new medicines — the Blue Acceleration — is playing out.
Decreased protection from cosmic radiation may have increased oxygen levels in the atmosphere and oceans, allowing animals to grow larger.
A volcanic eruption at Yellowstone is unlikely anytime soon, but evidence is growing that a violent hydrothermal, or steam, explosion is possible.
Experiments in mini greenhouses show how the tiny organisms lurking underground in a "sleepy biome" could be a contributor to climate change.
Land managers in the western United States are using potential operational delineations, or PODS, to prepare for — and take advantage of — wildfires.
Giant hail that pummeled northeast Spain in August 2022 could not have formed without climate change, computer simulations suggest.
By training beekeepers, biologist Ximena Velez-Liendo is helping rural agricultural communities of southern Bolivia coexist with Andean bears.
Ocean warming enhances hurricane activity, bleaches coral reefs and melts Antarctic sea ice. That warming has been off the charts for the past year.
Research is needed on how ocean carbon removal methods — such as iron fertilization and direct capture — could impact the environment.
Subscribers, enter your e-mail address for full access to the Science News archives and digital editions.
Not a subscriber?
Become one now.