World models are emerging as one of the most important directions in artificial intelligence research. Unlike large language models such as ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini, which predict the next word in a sequence of text, world models are designed to learn how real systems behave by observing data and simulating future outcomes. Rather than modeling …
For more than 100 million years, Earth has maintained a natural climate regulation system that has helped keep the planet habitable despite major environmental changes. A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences identifies a previously overlooked relationship between sea level, ocean phosphate, and long-term carbon storage that helps explain …
The European Digital Twin Ocean is an ambitious initiative designed to create a living, interactive digital replica of the ocean that will improve scientific understanding and support better environmental decision-making. Funded by the European Commission and supported by the Copernicus Marine Service and the European Marine Observation and Data Network (EMODnet), the project combines vast …
A major scientific expedition to Greenland is preparing to deploy an advanced fleet of robots, drones, autonomous submarines, and sensors to study glacier melting where ice meets the ocean. The project, known as GIANT (Greenland Ice sheet to AtlaNtic Tipping points from ice loss), is funded by the United Kingdom’s Advanced Research and Invention Agency …
A new study published in Science provides fresh insight into the geological processes that generate and sustain the enormous volcanic systems responsible for Earth’s largest eruptions. Scientists from the Institute of Geology and Geophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences developed a three-dimensional geodynamic model of western North America to investigate how magma forms beneath …
A rare seismic doublet struck northwestern Venezuela on 24 June 2026, producing two powerful earthquake events within just 39 seconds of one another. Unlike a typical sequence in which a large mainshock is followed by smaller aftershocks, a seismic doublet consists of two earthquakes of nearly equal magnitude that occur close together in both time …
