Massive crater under Greenland’s ice points to climate-altering impact in the time of humans
The 31-kilometer-wide Hiawatha crater may have formed as recently as 12,800 years ago when a 1.5-kilometer asteroid struck Earth
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California’s new earthquake warnings deliver critical seconds of notice
Quakes defy scientists’ attempts to tease out longer, accurate warnings -
This ice-covered Icelandic volcano may emit more carbon dioxide than all of the country’s other volcanoes combined
Katla is a surprisingly big emitter of carbon dioxide -
Watch a hurricane put a dent in Earth’s crust
Researchers used GPS data to track daily movement of water after major rainfall -
NASA space laser will track Earth’s melting poles and disappearing sea ice
ICESat-2 will inform predictions of human-driven sea level rise -
Where will lightning strike next? A new model could help pilots avoid dangerous storms
Work accurately captures daily and seasonal variations in lightning -
Seafloor cores suggest sticky, thick glaciers caused mysterious shift in ice age rhythms
Fish teeth and microfossils track near-collapse in Atlantic's “conveyor belt” 1 million years ago -
A plan to shoot tiny droplets into the sky would cool the planet—but wouldn’t help crops
Shooting aerosols high into the sky will cool the planet but reduce sunlight -
Massive drought or myth? Scientists spar over an ancient climate event behind our new geological age
Uncertainty dogs 4200-year-old drought used to define the Meghalayan -
Science insurgents plot a climate model driven by artificial intelligence
Fueled by tech-philanthropy cash, the Earth Machine seeks to clear up the future of global warming -
Rising bedrock below West Antarctica could delay catastrophic ice sheet collapse
Its burden lightening, crust beneath glaciers is rising at a startling pace -
Ancient Earth froze over in a geologic instant
Ethiopian rocks show how rapid planetary freezing was triggered by a glacial feedback loop -
Life rebounded just years after the dinosaur-killing asteroid struck
Ocean water delivered oxygen to small animals in the crater -
Plants outweigh all other life on Earth
Trees and other greenery make up 80% of all biomass -
This ocean path will take you on the longest straight-line journey on Earth
Mathematicians prove a 5-year-old reddit hypothesis -
U.S.-U.K. science armada to target vulnerable Antarctic ice sheet
One hundred scientists to study sea level rise risks from Thwaites glacier
