Climate change is expected to lead to more frequent and intense drought, which in turn causes soil to crack, releasing more carbon dioxide and further warming the planet.

Scientists argue that paleomagnetic field tests preserve a geomagnetic field record acquired as chemical remnant magnetization in banded iron formations in southwest Greenland.

Land data assimilation advances scientific understanding and serves as an engineering tool for land surface process studies, reflecting the trend of harmonizing theory and data in the big data era.

The speed and shape of changes to the Caspian Sea’s coastline depend on a variety of geologic and anthropogenic forces, ...

A herculean effort to fight back woody plants in the Konza Prairie has largely failed. The outcome shows how difficult it can ...

Western disturbances are hanging out over India for longer, adversely affecting water security in the country.

A herculean effort to fight back woody plants in the Konza Prairie has largely failed. The outcome shows how difficult it can be to retore these ecosystems.

Plants living in the shadows grew faster when exposed to excess carbon dioxide. But this short-term effect could vanish in a ...

Climate change is bringing increased variability to annual snowfall, which affects how much water is stored for ecosystem and ...

Researchers mapped coral reef connectivity across the Seychelles archipelago to inform conservation efforts in the face of ...

As drought becomes a more regular occurrence, a new study looks at the U.S. Drought Monitor, the nation’s preeminent drought ...

Advances in remote sensing offered an opportunity to redraw Greenland’s geologic map for the first time in 15 years.