Earth
Moving and shaking for 4.5 billion years
The physical processes that sculpt our Earth are dramatic — earthquakes, weather, volcanic eruptions, tectonic motions, climate change. Now, decades of research into the intricately intertwined system that links all oceans and freshwater, the atmosphere and our land is moving us forward toward a better understanding of our world. Here we watch it unfold.
New research links cloud top appearance to the unusual phenomenon of lightning during a snowstorm.
Researchers in Brazil are hunting for unofficial roads -- many of them illegal -- tied to rainforest destruction.
A quarter century of shoreline measurements show that the supermoon’s gravitational force drives more erosion.
The finding illustrates the value of regular weather observations made by commercial airplanes.
Researchers in Finland used environmental data to study potentially destructive ice-induced shaking.
If we want to rein in climate change, we will likely need to change what we eat and how we produce it.
Pollution estimates in India highlight the need for some countries to more closely monitor the problem in nonurban areas.
Research suggests crystals form in cooling magma at an astonishingly rapid rate.
New findings suggest the famous geyser went dormant during a period of severe droughts -- a condition that could recur in a warming world.
Unusually hot zones in the ocean will last longer and occur more often in the coming century.
