Earth

  1. Earth

    Earthquakes added to Pompeii’s death toll

    Broken bodies found at the archaeological site indicate that earthquakes played a role in the legendary tragedy.

    By Carolyn Gramling
  2. Climate

    Record-breaking Coral Sea temperatures threaten the Great Barrier Reef

    Near-annual extreme heat in the Coral Sea, including in 2024, is causing back-to-back mass bleaching events in the iconic Great Barrier Reef.

    By Carolyn Gramling
  3. Climate

    Climate change is driving the extreme heat baking France’s Olympics

    In this week’s Extreme Climate Update, we look at record-breaking temps around the world and explain what the heat index is.

    By Nikk Ogasa
  4. Health & Medicine

    Some ‘forever chemicals’ may be absorbed through our skin

    PFAS, which are found in common products such as cosmetics, food packaging and waterproof gear, have been linked to health problems.

    By Abdullahi Tsanni
  5. Climate

    Earth’s jet stream helps create the seeds of clouds

    The newly discovered process for making aerosols might also be the most productive.

    By Carolyn Gramling
  6. Climate

    Earth keeps breaking global heat records

    How hot could it get? In the first edition of Science News’ Extreme Climate Update, we look at how high temperatures could soar.

    By Carolyn Gramling
  7. Oceans

    In a seafloor surprise, metal-rich chunks may generate deep-sea oxygen

    Instead of sinking from the surface, some deep-sea oxygen may be created by battery-like nodules that split water into hydrogen and oxygen.

    By Sid Perkins
  8. Climate

    Twisters asks if you can 'tame' a tornado. We have the answer

    Science News talked to a meteorologist and Twisters’ tornado consultant to separate fact from fiction in Hollywood’s latest extreme weather thriller.

    By Abby Wallace
  9. Oceans

    Can bioluminescent ‘milky seas’ be predicted?

    For the first time, a scientist has used ocean and atmospheric data to find a milky sea, a huge expanse of luminous water, in past satellite images.

    By Bas den Hond
  10. Oceans

    This AI can predict ship-sinking ‘freak’ waves minutes in advance

    The model, which was trained on data from ocean buoys to identify potential rogue waves, could help save lives.

    By Nikk Ogasa
  11. Climate

    Plants might not hold on to carbon as long as we thought

    Radiocarbon from bomb tests reveals that plants store more carbon than previously estimated in leaves and stems, which are vulnerable to degradation.

    By Carolyn Gramling
  12. Environment

    Landfills belch toxic ‘forever chemicals’ into the air

    An analysis of samples from three Florida landfills shows that landfill gas can carry more PFAS than the liquid that leaches from the waste.

    By Nikk Ogasa