An ancient impact left a scar deep under the North Sea. Credit: Paopano – stock.adobe.com Craters formed by asteroid impacts are ubiquitous on rocky bodies, and our planet is no exception. Researchers ...

Satellite image of the aftermath of the 31 August 2025 landslides in Sudan. Planet image draped onto the Google Earth DEM. Image copyright Planet, used with permission. Image dated 6 September 2025.

Preliminary map showing the strength (in percent) of the combination of temperature and precipitation that may amplify the prevalence of cholera in Africa according to the climate projected for 2020.

The upper part of the catchment above Dharali after the 5 August 2025 disaster. Image copyright Planet, used with permission. Image copyright Planet, used with permission. Image dated 11 September ...

The Katni River in Madhya Pradesh, India, grew dry and patchy during a 2016 drought. Credit: Anishdayal, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 Streamflow drought—when substantially less water than usual ...

Researchers warn that preventable heat-related deaths will continue to rise with continued fossil fuel emissions.

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 ...

The figure depicts the hierarchy of different types of Earth System climate models. These vary in complexity (increasing from bottom to top) and in the kinds of compromises sacrificed to computation.

On 26 August 2025, a landslide triggered by extraordinary rainfall killed at least 34 people and injured another 20 individuals. On 26 August 2025, extremely intense late monsoon rainfall struck parts ...

Rescinding the Roadless Rule would affect 45 million acres of national forests and grasslands, including areas such as Tahoe National Forest, seen here. Credit: Jonathan Cook-Fisher, CC BY 2.0 ...

A recent impact in the Moon’s enormous Keeler Crater is illustrated here using images from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. The impact hit the crater’s central peak, and debris formed enigmatic ...