A new study warns that day zero droughts—when reservoirs fail to supply taps—could become common within this decade.

Aurorae such as the southern lights, seen here over Antarctica, show the geomagnetic field in action. Some areas of the field, which shields Earth’s surface from charged solar particles, are stronger ...

A large landslide has destroyed a 662 m long highway viaduct in China. Over the last two days there has been considerable media coverage of a large, highly destructive rockslide that occurred at ...

Note: Natalia’s full term will begin on January 1, 2026. Following the sad news of Michael Balikhin’s passing, Natalia has graciously agreed to serve as Interim Editor-in-Chief for the remainder of ...

A “ghost forest” off the coast of Oregon is all that’s left of trees believed to have died during the last Cascadia subduction zone earthquake. Credit: iStock ...

The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. According to Wikipedia, Pikillaqta is a large archaeological site ...

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The rare earth element niobium was likely dragged to the surface as the supercontinent Rodinia broke apart more than 800 million years ago. Credit: Artem Topchiy/Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 For much of ...

Satellite image of the aftermath of the 31 August 2025 landslides in Sudan. Planet image draped onto the Google Earth DEM. Image copyright Planet, used with permission. Image dated 6 September 2025.

Years ago, scientists noted something odd: Earth’s Northern and Southern Hemispheres reflect nearly the same amount of sunlight back into space. The reason why this symmetry is odd is because the ...

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 ...