Where is the impactor?” The question, raised during a planetary science lecture back in 2019, struck a chord with ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society Professor Hanqin Tian will receive the Bert Bolin Award and Lecture from the American Geophysical Union, recognizing his groundbreaking research ...

A developing pyrocumulonimbus cloud above Oregon's Gulch Fire, part of the Beaver Complex Fire, in 2014. On September 5, 2020, California’s Creek Fire grew so severe that it began producing it’s own ...

Plate tectonics give rise to Earth's mountain ranges, earthquakes and the long-term movement of continents, and may even have provided the right conditions for life on Earth. But as far as we know, no ...

Humanity has reached the first Earth system tipping point, the widespread death of warm-water coral reefs, marking the beginning of irreversible planetary shifts. As global temperatures move beyond ...

In microgravity, flames form a spherical shape due to the absence of buoyancy-driven convection. Meanwhile, flames are ...

The Yolo Bird Alliance invites the public to enjoy two exciting November events celebrating birds, science, and community: a field trip to the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area and a public lecture exploring ...