Earth

Study uncovers landscapes that will influence future ice melt

Researchers have launched a fleet of underwater probes to find out

Noise standard strikes middle ground between proposals

Landslides are reactors for chemical weathering that can both draw down and emit carbon

Landslide “nowcasts” could give residents of Rio de Janeiro extra time to escape disaster

2.7-million-year-old core chronicles switch from 40,000- to 100,000-year ice age cycles

Samples, lost for decades, rediscovered in Danish freezer

Studies of Ethiopian hot spring ponds and Antarctica’s deserts identify the limits of life

The giant Pulpí Geode formed in hot mineral-rich water between 2 million and 60,000 years ago

Secrets of Bogoslof’s long 2017 eruption teased out through low-frequency sound

Scientists watch a warming ocean melt and fracture the ice

Study could solve long-standing mystery

Sulfur in the stratosphere splits light to make a violet glow

Most of “Greater Adria” is now trapped in Earth’s mantle, but some of its rocks ended up high in the Alps

Survey of 255 archaeologists suggests an earlier start to the Anthropocene

Researchers say 2.23-billion-year-old Yarrabubba impact vaporized ice sheets, creating a steamy greenhouse