Astronauts on the Moon (like Harrison H. Schmitt, pictured collecting lunar samples in 1972) could one day live in lunar habitats made of “mooncrete.” Credit: NASA/JSC, Public Domain NASA’s Artemis ...

Butterflies are often considered bellwether species for climate change, and to retain the cooler climates they need for their life cycles, species around the world have been shifting their habitats ...

Two observers in southeast Alaska log monitoring data. Credit: Lee House, NOAA’s Arctic Report Card 2025 NOAA released this year’s Arctic Report Card on 16 December at AGU’s Annual Meeting 2025 in New ...

Satellite image of Malalak in Indonesia, in the aftermath of the catastrophic debris flows. Image copyright Planet Labs, used with permission, collected on 1 December 2025. The Landslide Blog is ...

Pilots prepare to fly microbial sampling systems into smoke from high-intensity crown fires in Utah’s Fishlake National Forest. Credit: Krista Bonfantine, University of Idaho Extreme wildfire events ...

New research examined the geochemistry of magma crystals from the mostly submarine stratovolcano Bogoslof in Alaska to better forecast future eruptions. Credit: T. Keith/U.S. Geological Survey via ...

Many exoplanets are “hot Jupiters” like this artist’s impression, planets similar to Jupiter orbiting closer to their host star than Mercury does to our Sun. Credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser Our Sun is about ...

Since the first agricultural revolution, circa 10,000 BCE, humanity has adapted its farming practices to meet climatic variation. The genesis of early farming is even thought to have resulted from a ...

New research analyzes the influence of changes in rainfall to Serengeti National Park in Tanzania. Credit: Richard Mortel/Flickr, CC BY 2.0 The Serengeti is one of the most diverse ecosystems on Earth ...

Severe droughts and floods are primarily driven by climate variations in tropical oceans, with interannual and decadal patterns playing key roles. Using data from the GRACE and GRACE-FO satellite ...