A 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck far off southwest Australia on Wednesday, but no tsunami warning was issued.
The epicenter was in the Indian Ocean 2,069 kilometers (1,283 miles) southwest of Albany on the southwest tip of Western Australia state at...
New Curtin-led research has revealed that water played a far bigger role than previously thought in shaping Earth's first continents, transforming the planet's early crust and helping to build the landmasses we see today.
In an article published in Communications...
Earth's tropical rain belt, responsible for monsoons that sustain billions of people and vibrant ecosystems, has long been a reliable feature of the planet's...
Microalgae in sediments signal what happened in the environment thousands of years ago, illuminating the range of future climate-change impacts.
The scientists deployed a heavy-duty...
Accurate climate models play a critical role in climate science and policy, helping to inform policy- and decision-makers throughout the world as they consider...
Violent flooding from glacier lakes formed or enlarged by climate change threatens at least 15 million people worldwide, most of them in four countries,...
A pair of researchers, one with the Climate and Global Dynamics Laboratory at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado, the other...
