3+ hour, 19+ min ago  (621+ words) Right now, more than 1.5 miles (2.46 kilometers) below the surface at the South Pole, lie two seismometers'the deepest of their kind'built to withstand the extreme pressure, cold, and magnetic interference in one of Earth's harshest environments. Deploying the instruments, which will…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago  (283+ words) Schematic of the mountain-basin model, consisting of an uplifted mountain range coupled with a foreland basin. Sediment generated in the mountains can deposit within rivers or accumulate in the basin through aggradation and progradation. The base level represents an open…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago  (137+ words) Models Reveal Imprint of Tectonics and Climate on Alluvial Terraces'eos.org River terraces are archives of past environmental and climate change as they form when rivers erode into alluvial plains, leaving behind an elevated flat surface. A sequence of terraces…...

1+ week, 8+ hour ago  (195+ words) Compilation of coastal evolution metrics for the western United States margin. Credit: Lopez and Masteller [2026], Figure 1 Coastal landscapes evolve under the combined influence of wave action, climatic variations, sea'level change, and tectonic processes. Shoreline evolution is especially important along rocky…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (251+ words) This 3D X-ray tomographic image reveals the internal structure of the quartz (Arkansas novaculite) prior to deformation. The elongated shape of many voids likely reflects a pre-existing compression direction inherited from the rock's geological history. Their distribution is important because such…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (348+ words) Fast ice, especially in the summertime, is suffering the same fate as overall pack ice," said Alex Fraser, a glaciologist at the University of Tasmania, who was not involved in the study. We've seen a dramatic decrease" over the past…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (191+ words) Monitoring Ocean Color From Deep Space: A TEMPO Study'eos.org The color of the oceans is an important diagnostic parameter as it reflects the health of oceans, monitors CO2 variability, and tracks ecosystem changes due to environmental stressors. Remote observations of…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (572+ words) A major part of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), a large-scale ocean circulation pattern, was warmer during the peak of Earth's last ice age than previously thought, according to a new study published in Nature." The study's results contrast…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (436+ words) Until 1959, nobody on Earth had ever seen our Moon's farside. Thanks to gravitational tidal forces, the lunar nearside always faces us, so it was surprising for everyone to learn that the other half of the Moon looks strikingly different. Not…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (347+ words) In Nature Communications, researchers reported the first measured sea temperature from a snowball Earth episode: "15C7C. If this figure holds up, it will be the coldest measured sea temperature in Earth's history. For water to be that cold without freezing, it…...