Modern society relies on electric currents. We can generate them, guide them from one place to another (including very remote places), and make them work for us. The use of electricity has provided ...

Meteorological tsunamis, or meteotsunamis, are long ocean waves in the tsunami frequency band that are generated by traveling air pressure and wind disturbances. These underrated phenomena pose ...

High biomass levels make the Palmer Deep submarine canyon in Antarctica a preferred foraging site for penguins, such as these off Anvers Island. New research investigates the origins of this biomass.

Scientists collected sediment cores from the Southern Ocean to gather evidence for the existence of a “salty blob” that sequestered carbon deep in the ocean during the last ice age. Credit: Ryan ...

At a natural underwater laboratory off the coast of Papua New Guinea, researchers examined what happens to a diverse reef ecosystem as it experiences gradually increasing levels of ocean acidification ...

In Antarctic lakes such as Lake Fryxell, fresh water freezes over briny liquid water. New research suggests that the liquid seawater during “snowball Earth” was up to 4 times saltier than modern ocean ...

Researchers used paleoclimate data, modeling, and measurements of sea surface temperature to learn more about future climate. They used the Western Pacific Warm Pool, seen here in 2016, as a reference ...

Central North America witnesses more tornadoes than anywhere else on Earth. Each year, 10 times as many twisters barrel through the United States compared with Canada, which is second on the list.

(a) False-color image of a slowly moving twin front recorded over 20 ms (experiment CC12). The moving twin is highlighted in green and marked by a white arrow (see inset and supplementary video). The ...

Geophysics is a powerful tool for understanding how our planet works. It enables us to connect complex real-world phenomena with fundamental physical laws, deduce the nature of otherwise inaccessible ...

Changes in near-surface air temperatures around the world are one of the most important indicators of climate change. But to fully capture the impact rising temperatures have on people, plants, and ...

In August 2023, 14,000 cubic meters of sandstone and shale detached from a slope in the French Alps. This rockslide at La Praz closed a road and a major railway between France and Italy at least until ...