Seismic mapping of North America has revealed that an ancient slab of crust buried beneath the Midwest is causing the crust ...
When Maureen Long talks to the public about her work, she likes to ask her audience to close their eyes and think of a landscape with incredible geology. She hears a lot of the same suggestions: ...
As global temperatures warm, the Southern Ocean—between Antarctica and other continents—will eventually release heat absorbed ...
Rivers join downstream, flow downhill, and eventually meet an ocean or terminal lake: These are fundamental rules of how ...
We often think of the ground beneath us as solid and unchanging. But deep under the surface, Earth is constantly shifting and ...
Trump Weakens U.S. Cyberdefenses at a Moment of Rising Danger The firing of the head of the N.S.A. was only the latest move to erode fortifications against cyberattacks, especially those targeting ...