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 2023 National Seismic Hazard Model is the first iteration to include all 50 states. Credit: USGS Almost 15% of the U.S. population is “somewhat likely” to experience a damaging earthquake in the ...

Mycorrhizal fungi, shown here with false color, have a symbiotic relationship with most plants. Credit: Oyarte-Galvez (AMOLF)/ Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 Just as the human body contains a ...

In this model, mantle plumes (yellow) rise from big lower-mantle basal structures (nicknamed BLOBs, in red). Mantle plumes influence volcanic activity at the surface, and the current position of the ...

The Trump administration announced today that the 1.5-million acre coastal plains in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge will open for drilling. Here, caribou graze on the plain, with the Brooks Range ...

Less plastic debris is entering the ocean than previously estimated, but it’s sticking around for longer. Credit: iStock.com/Eloi_Omella The world’s oceans might ...

Confidence in science has become increasingly fragmented in the United States across our polarized political spectrum. And overall, the American public is showing declining trust in experts and ...

A collection of Commentaries published in the journals of the American Geophysical Union illuminate the deep and growing benefits of research in the Earth and space sciences for humanity. This image ...

Global river datasets represent rivers that flow downstream in single paths that follow surface elevation, but they often miss branching river systems found in areas such as floodplains, canals, and ...

The underground vault and nearby weather station at Global Seismographic Network station TRIS on Tristan da Cunha, in the South Atlantic. Credit: IRIS Editors’ Vox is a blog from AGU’s Publications ...

The Community Science Exchange was founded in 2021 to elevate the work of scientists, scholars and community members collectively engaged in participatory science and to broaden the reach of their ...

Planet Labs image of the downstream impacts of the 28 April 2025 Glacial Outburst Flood (GLOF) / landslide at Vallunaraju in Peru. Image copyright Planet, used with permission. Image dated 30 April ...