Venus, often called Earth’s twin, has long fascinated scientists with its extreme conditions. Despite being similar in size ...

A research team led by geophysicists at UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography provides an explanation for ...

From new hires to rising stars who have changed their positions, four scientists and educators have recently joined or ...

A research team led by geophysicists at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography provides an explanation for features that characterize the surface of the solar system’s hottest planet.Venus ...

For decades, scientists believed Prochlorococcus, the smallest and most abundant phytoplankton on Earth, would thrive in a warmer world. But new research suggests the microscopic bacterium, which ...

Oceans cover three-quarters of the Earth, yet only 20% of the seafloor has yet been mapped. The race to understand these ...

U.S. EPA proposes removing 2009 climate pollution rules while scientists say evidence of greenhouse gas harm to health is ...

Imagine a planet much like Earth, except instead of green trees dotting its swaths of land, two species of flowers—black daisies and white daisies—are the dominant plant life. The flowers are ...

Tiny ocean microbes like Prochlorococcus fuel marine life, but new research shows rising temperatures could threaten their ...

Planet Earth is spinning a little faster today — resulting in one of the shortest days of the year. But the change will be so minuscule you won’t even notice. We’re talking even less time than the ...

Scott Detrow talks to Lulu Miller, the host of Radiolab's Terrestrials podcast, about her conversation with the scientist Wanda Diaz-Merced, who studies gravitational waves that ripple through ...