3+ day, 36+ min ago   (539+ words) It takes Pluto 248 years to complete one journey around the Sun. Humanity has known of its existence for less than half of that time, and we are still discovering the myriad ways that Pluto is unlike other celestial objects. Among…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (153+ words) Worldwide patterns of increased plant water stress reveal water limits to vegetation greening. Leaf area index, which measures the ratio of leaf area to ground area, is commonly used by researchers to track foliage coverage and ecosystem health. One consequence…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (112+ words) A new article in Reviews of Geophysics explores recent advances in Bayesian methods for modeling the Earth’s subsurface from indirect geophysical data. Here, we asked the authors to give an overview of geophysical inverse modeling, how scientists use Bayesian inference,…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (499+ words) This is the highest-resolution image of the Sun ever taken. It was captured by the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST) in Hawaii, the largest solar telescope in the world, on 14 April 2025. The image zooms in on a small patch of…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (298+ words) Tiny Cyanobacteria May Be the Secret Heroes of Ocean Carbon Sequestration eos.org A process known as the biological carbon pump (BCP) moves organic carbon from near the ocean’s surface to the ocean floor. That carbon often stays there for…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (551+ words) The Arctic is often described as a distant frontier. In reality, it is one of the most consequential regions on the planet. For 2 decades, the Arctic Report Card (ARC) has provided an annual, peer-reviewed assessment of environmental conditions across the…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (590+ words) The ozone paradox is especially relevant in Mexico City because the region has a long and complex history of air pollution management. The metropolitan area, located at high elevation and surrounded by mountains, has meteorological and topographic conditions that often…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (257+ words) Fieldwork is a vital part of geoscience research, allowing scientists and students to directly observe, interact with, and collect data about Earth processes that cannot be replicated in the lab. Because fieldwork involves traveling to remote locations and living in…...

1+ week, 30+ min ago   (611+ words) Enough satellite and drone imagery is now available to allow some initial analysis of the landslide that started the 26 August 2026 debris flow in Nepal and Tibet. But it is interesting to note that little has been written about the landslide…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (183+ words) In 1967, a solar storm nearly triggered World War III by jamming early-warning radar systems in the United States, causing U.S. leaders to think the Soviet Union was responsible. Though society averted catastrophe thanks to some timely intel from solar forecasters, the…...