A new report, co-authored by Carnegie's Diana Roman, presents a plan for an ambitious interdisciplinary initiative aimed at advancing understanding of the processes that...

A moderate earthquake shook Italy's northeastern coast early Wednesday, causing some cracks in buildings and prompting at least one health clinic to evacuate. There...

Are hurricanes getting stronger? Although we'll never see a Category 6 hurricane, data does show that more hurricanes are becoming more severe. Hurricane and climate...

Ice is continuously streaming off Greenland's melting glaciers at an accelerating rate, dramatically increasing global sea levels. New results published today in Nature indicate...

Hidden in the minerals and textures that make up rocks are clues about how and when they formed and were later altered. These changes...

In 1877, American astronomer Asaph Hall discovered two small moons circling the planet Mars, later named Phobos and Deimos after the Greek for "fear"...