It's a major source of California's water supply and a vital habitat for fish, migratory birds and other species.
But the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta...
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory photographs the sun with 10 times the resolution of high-definition television.
NASA's orbiting Solar Dynamics Observatory captured yet another solar flare...
For the first time, researchers have spotted short-term, regional fluctuations in atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) around the globe due to emissions from human activities.
Using...
Northwestern University researchers now have an answer to a vexing age-old question: Why do earthquakes sometimes come in clusters?
The research team has developed a...
At the boundaries between tectonic plates, narrow rifts can form as Earth’s crust slowly pulls apart.
But how, exactly, does this rifting happen?
Does pressure from...
The mineral or gemstone chrysoberyl is a beryllium aluminate with the formula BeAl2O4. The name chrysoberyl is derived from the Greekwords χρυσός chrysos and...
