An automated hydrological logger (drip logger) sits on a stalagmite at Wombeyan Caves in New South Wales, Australia. Credit: Andy Baker Groundwater is one of Earth’s most important natural ...

A new community science project brings together the Cowichan Tribes, the provincial government of British Columbia, and scientists to study the Xwulqw'selu Sta'lo' (Koksilah River). Credit: David ...

In Antarctica, beneath the ice, there is liquid water—and potentially a lot of it. That’s the takeaway from new research that ...

The ocean has helped mitigate global warming by absorbing around a quarter of anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO 2) emissions, along with more than 90% of the excess heat those emissions generate. This ...

Improvements in subseasonal-to-seasonal forecasting (S2S), which projects weather 2 weeks to 2 months in advance, could support more informed decisions about when to plant and irrigate crops, among ...

Two new studies investigate the possible origins of organic molecules detected in plumes erupting from the surface of Saturn’s moon Enceladus, pictured here in an artist’s impression. Enceladus’s ...

Storm Agnes is seen over the Bay of Biscay offshore western Europe on 27 September 2023 in this image captured by the Flexible Combined Imager on the Meteosat Third Generation satellite. Credit: ...

A new study mapped the ages of forests around the world. Forests in the Congo Basin, as seen in this image, were found to be younger at the end of the study than they were at the beginning. Credit: ...

The federal government shut down just after midnight on 1 October. Credit: Beth Bagley/AGU Research & Developments is a blog for brief updates that provide context for the flurry of news regarding law ...

The Katni River in Madhya Pradesh, India, grew dry and patchy during a 2016 drought. Credit: Anishdayal, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 Streamflow drought—when substantially less water than usual ...

High biomass levels make the Palmer Deep submarine canyon in Antarctica a preferred foraging site for penguins, such as these off Anvers Island. New research investigates the origins of this biomass.

A new study tracked methane leaks from abandoned oil wells throughout Canada, like this one in Pioneer, Alberta. Credit: Jason Woodhead/Flickr, CC BY 2.0 Canada is home to more than 400,000 ...