A team presents new details of an oceanic transform fault at the Gofar fault in the eastern Pacific Ocean. The work reveals unexpected brine deposits beneath the seafloor near the fault, which could ...

In an article published in Science Advances, a collaborative team led by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) ...

Current and former employees of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration say fewer people working with fewer ...

The earthquake risk at Scott Dam may be a key factor in PG&E’s decision to abandon the Potter Valley Project.

Stories at the Crossroads of People and Nature," David B. Williams slows down and takes a close look at Seattle.

Being a geophysicist can sometimes feel like being a detective —uncovering clues, and then building a case based on the evidence.

Being a geophysicist can sometimes feel like being a detective —uncovering clues, and then building a case based ...

About 2 hours from San Francisco, 3 hours from Oakland, and 5 hours from Los Angeles sits Pinnacles National Park. This ...

Hundreds of graduate students rallied on April 8 over funding cuts as the world's largest biomedical research funder, the NIH ...

Recent discoveries offer deeper insight into the movement of tectonic plates. New research has found that variations in rock ...

Peter R. Orszag, the C.E.O. of Lazard, discusses how markets are reacting to the uncertainty of Trump’s tariffs.

As we celebrate Earth Month, we are kicking off a series of retrospectives on National Academies reports and activities ...