We analyze for both data sets the original range measurements as reconstructed after the phase unwrapping procedure, the bald earth topography that we were able to retrieve, and the 3D shapes of some ...

New research from HKU geologists suggests that Earth's first continents were born not from plate tectonics, but from deep ...

In May and June, I spent 100 hours painting my largest mural yet — a 2,000-square-foot wall in NoMa, in what sociologists ...

A groundbreaking study published in Nature Geoscience has revealed a previously unknown topography beneath the East Antarctic Ice Sheet, potentially offering new insights into the region’s ice flow ...

Federal regulators repeatedly granted appeals to remove Camp Mystic's buildings from their 100-year flood map, loosening ...

Many of us have wondered what a landscape we see in a modern photograph might have looked like centuries ago. This question ...

East Antarctica is the largest ice sheet on Earth. Alone, it holds enough frozen water to raise global sea levels by a ...

In September 2023, a global seismic mystery began to unfold. Every 90 seconds, the Earth pulsed with a strange, low-frequency ...

A new study published in Nature Communications has found that 17.31% of tropical tree cover—an area spanning 395.9 million ...

Texas' extreme flood susceptibility stems from its high drainage density, meaning numerous steep, V-shaped stream channels quickly funnel rainfall into larger waterways. This rapid runoff, coupled ...

Normally, younger rocks are deposited above older ones, forming predictable geologic layers. In the North Sea, this process ...

Understanding the similarities and differences of the deserts on Earth and Mars will help space travelers survive future ...