Earth system scientists developed the planetary boundaries framework for measuring and tracking the stability and resilience of the Earth system.1 The framework quantifies safe boundary levels for ...

A landmark report for the global agreement on wetlands paints a dire picture of the state of the world’s water bodies that ...

Researchers measuring the salinity of the Southern Ocean did find unexpected results, but some online reports got the details ...

A groundbreaking study in the journal Science, has unveiled how deep ocean currents—known as global overturning ...

The deep-sea volcanoes beneath Earth’s oceans may offer vital clues in the search for alien life on Europa, one of Jupiter’s moons. With a $621,000 award from NASA, University of Massachusetts Amherst ...

Scientists found that large-scale dam building since 1835 shifted Earth's poles over a meter and significantly lowered sea ...

New research has uncovered that the construction of water dams has shifted Earth's poles in subtle but important ways.

Scientists found invisible plastic pollution across the North Atlantic Ocean. These particles harm both wildlife and humans.

Nanoplastics—particles smaller than a human hair—can pass through cell walls and enter the food web. New research suggest 27 million metric tons of nanoplastics are spread across just the top layer of ...

Warming ocean temperatures and warmer air mean there’s more water vapor in the atmosphere to fuel extreme downpours like ...