EARTH

New technique unlocks ancient history of Earth from grains of sand

Curtin researchers have developed a new technique by studying the age of ancient grains of sand from beaches, rivers and rocks from around the...

What’s the tallest wave ever recorded on Earth?

This wave was taller than the Empire State Building. In July 1958, an 8.3-magnitude earthquake at the Fairweather Fault rocked Alaska's southern coast. The ground-shaking...

Uranium detectable in two-thirds of US community water system monitoring records

A study on metal concentrations in U.S. community water systems (CWS) and patterns of inequalities, researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health...

Colombian flooding kills 12, two missing: authorities

Torrential rains and flooding have killed at least 12 people at a mining camp in mountainous northwest Colombia, with another two reported missing and...

Simulating Earth’s changing climate: Why some models exaggerate future warming

The latest report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), released overnight, shows a viable path to cutting global emissions by half by...

No obituary for Earth: Scientists fight climate doom talk

It's not the end of the world. It only seems that way. Climate change is going to get worse, but as gloomy as the latest...

Ukraine invasion’s impacts on the world of science

The Russian invasion of Ukraine is being felt far and wide, from risks to nuclear power plants to impacts on science experiments to fear...

Rare primordial gas may be leaking out of Earth’s core

This gas was formed in the aftermath of the Big Bang. An extremely rare type of helium that was created soon after the Big Bang...

Why isn’t Earth perfectly round?

It's similar to why your arms feel pulled outward when you spin. If you had an enormous measuring tape that started at Earth's center and...

Torrential rains kill 14 in Brazil

Torrential downpours triggered flash floods and landslides across Brazil's Rio de Janeiro state, killing at least 14 people including eight children, and leaving five...

10 of the deadliest natural disasters in history

Every year, some of the deadliest natural disasters — earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, hurricanes, tsunamis, floods, wildfires and droughts, on average kill nearly 60,000 people,...

‘Flash droughts’ coming on faster, global study shows

Just like flash floods, flash droughts come on fast—drying out soil in a matter of days to weeks. These events can wipe out crops...

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