Fossils discovered at an early Miocene site in Kenya include a new type of early ape and offer clues about the environment inhabited by human ancestors.

Decoding how sand grains move and accumulate on Earth can also help scientists understand dune formation on Mars.

Using in-situ observational data, scientists reveal that Kuroshio intrusions through the Luzon Strait increase small phytoplankton in the South China Sea.

New research shows that typically, less than 10% of land-building alluvium reaches the Bird’s Foot Delta region, the ...

Twenty years of data from around the world show that areas that are not too dry and not too wet are most conducive to ...

The first person of color and first Earth scientist to serve as director of the Department of Energy’s Office of Science ...

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A new framework aims to better equip scientists, communities, and decisionmakers to characterize data and rapidly respond to ...

New research shows that typically, less than 10% of land-building alluvium reaches the Bird’s Foot Delta region, the southernmost reach of the river, where it meets the Gulf.

Increasing interplay among extreme events and land subsidence impacts calls for urgent mitigation and policy action to reduce detrimental ramifications to infrastructure and people.

Researchers have found chemicals from personal care products like shampoo, deodorant, and laundry soap in Antarctic snow.

Southern Oscillation’s global reach and complex ocean–atmosphere interactions across timescales, two simple, elegant equations capture its key dynamics and defining properties.