New research challenges the idea that the hemispheres' matching brightness is a fundamental property of the planet ...

More than a decade of satellite monitoring has mapped Earth’s magnetic field as it subtly altered between 2014 and 2025 — and ...

Low clouds matter most for albedo and sunlight reflection. They bounce a lot of sunlight back to space. Last year, low cloud ...

The Earth is reflecting less light than it used to, especially the Northern Hemisphere. While climate change is to blame, the ...

Learn about the growth of the South Atlantic Anomaly, a region where Earth's magnetic field has significantly weakened.

Microscopic life thrives kilometers beneath Earth's surface, surviving on chemical reactions in rock and water. These ...

The U.S. and India just sent a powerful new set of radar eyes into the sky. The NISAR satellite, a joint mission of NASA and the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) lifted off today (July 30) ...

The Southern Ocean can release stored heat during cooling, creating short-term warming. This discovery shows climate recovery ...

For decades, geologists labeled a billion-year stretch of Earth’s history—from 1.8 to 0.8 billion years ago—as the “Boring ...

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