Coccolithophores build armored shells out of calcium carbonate, influencing ocean chemistry in the process. Credit: Courtesy Dr. Alison Taylor; Mejia, 2011, https ...

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The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. Of course, allow me to start by wishing all my readers a Happy 2026.

Women and gender minorities, especially in lower-income countries, generally bear a greater burden than men do with regard to the impacts of climate change. For example, women are more often ...

New research examines how much heat people are exposed to as they walk to and from the metro stations in Chicago, New York City, and Washington, D.C. Credit: Pepper St. Clair Taking the train or ...

Scientists, conducting research in partnership with the Coquille Indian Tribe, gathered soil cores from the Coos Bay estuary in Oregon to learn more about the region’s past. Credit: Katya Podkovyroff ...

Ice caves like this one at Erebus Glacier Tongue in Antarctica inspired the design of ice domes modeled for use on Mars. Credit: Commander John Bortniak, NOAA Corps As Earth’s population continues to ...

This conceptual illustration shows the contrasting responses of a low-latitude highlands ecosystem in China to a drought versus a heat wave. The image at left depicts the severe ecosystem collapse and ...

Pilots prepare to fly microbial sampling systems into smoke from high-intensity crown fires in Utah’s Fishlake National Forest. Credit: Krista Bonfantine, University of Idaho Extreme wildfire events ...

Astronauts on the Moon (like Harrison H. Schmitt, pictured collecting lunar samples in 1972) could one day live in lunar habitats made of “mooncrete.” Credit: NASA/JSC, Public Domain NASA’s Artemis ...