A new international study has provided one of the most comprehensive explanations yet for the causes of global ocean expansion and rising coastlines over the past six decades. The research, published in Science Advances, shows that Earth’s oceans are rising at nearly twice the rate observed in the 1960s, confirming that climate change is accelerating …
A new study published in Communications Earth & Environment suggests that climate change has triggered a major and potentially irreversible transformation in the chemistry of the Arctic Ocean, with significant consequences for marine ecosystems and the global climate system. Researchers have found that the rapid decline of Arctic sea ice has caused a substantial reduction …
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NASA scientists have developed a new artificial intelligence system designed to address one of the most persistent environmental and public health challenges affecting coastal waters: the detection and monitoring of harmful algae outbreaks. The research, recently published in the journal Earth and Space Science, demonstrates how AI can combine data from multiple satellites to identify …
Scientists have gained new insights into the dynamic processes occurring deep inside Earth after discovering an unexpected reversal in the movement of molten iron within the planet’s core. By analyzing satellite observations and ground-based measurements collected between 1997 and 2025, researchers found that a large region of liquid iron beneath the equatorial Pacific unexpectedly shifted …
Over the past 2.58 million years — a period scientists call the Quaternary — Earth’s climate has swung repeatedly between cold glacial periods and warmer interglacials. A new study in Nature Communications uses a GCM (General Circulation Model) paired with a faster statistical model called an emulator to investigate what drives these shifts. Because running …
Earth’s atmosphere is responding to rising carbon dioxide in a way that reveals one of the clearest signatures of human-caused climate change. While temperatures at Earth’s surface and in the lower atmosphere continue to rise, the stratosphere—the atmospheric layer extending from roughly 11 to 50 kilometers above Earth—has been cooling for decades. Scientists have recognized …
New research led by scientists at the National Museum of Natural Sciences has identified a major geological process that helps explain how Earth’s continents have evolved over billions of years. The study focuses on a mechanism known as relamination, which occurs during continental collisions when one tectonic plate is forced beneath another through subduction. Rather …
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The concept of searching the Earth like a vast digital database has existed for years in scientific and technical discussions, but recent advances in artificial intelligence are finally making it practical. At the center of this shift is Earth Index, a platform developed by the nonprofit Earth Genome that enables users to search satellite imagery …
Mount Etna is one of the oldest and most active volcanoes in Europe, with a history stretching back over 500,000 years. Rising to about 3,400 meters on the island of Sicily, it erupts frequently—often several times each year—yet continues to puzzle scientists. Unlike most stratovolcanoes, which typically produce more silica-rich magma, Mount Etna is known …
New research suggests that the slow breakup of Africa may be closely tied to one of the most important records of human evolution on Earth. In eastern Africa, the Turkana Rift—part of the broader East African Rift—is revealing how deep geological forces not only reshape continents but also influence what evidence of early human life …
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