The Know Your Well program gives high school students experience in hands-on STEM research while providing community members ...

Storms are unburying centuries-old stumps on North Carolina’s barrier islands. Researchers hope these long-gone forests can help land managers plan for the future.

Outgassing could pose problems for long-term habitation of the Moon, including health hazards for astronauts, hindrances for ...

Mantle motions have major effects on topography and the distribution of ice sheets. The motions are key for researchers ...

Researchers are calling on amateur scientists to help protect flood barriers in their communities.

The authors of this year’s Arctic Report Card said the consistently extreme climate observations in the Arctic indicate a ...

Intended to improve soil health, these crops are also associated with moisture depletion at shallow depths, which ...

Rising seas spell doom for coastal wetlands trapping carbon—or do they? New research reveals that as these ecosystems ...

The strange blend of surface chemistry on Nix and Hydra raises big question about the evolution of the Pluto system.

Researchers compared caribou tracking data with satellite observations to learn whether snowpack conditions trigger the animals’ arduous annual migration.

Rising seas spell doom for coastal wetlands trapping carbon—or do they? New research reveals that as these ecosystems transition, they can still trap carbon and possibly cool the planet.

Researchers find that the motions of ice parcels determine which ones survive the annual summer melt.