With unique monsoon, mesoscale and submesoscale processes, the Indian Ocean offers critical insights and new challenges to ...

A new study shows that atmospheric rivers may be responsible for up to 90% of Antarctica’s annual precipitation.

At China’s first Enhanced Geothermal System site, dense seismic observations, integrated with borehole data and stress ...

In honor of the AGU Book Program’s 70th anniversary, Editorial Board members reflect on their involvement over recent years ...

The National Center for Atmospheric Research's headquarters in Boulder, Colo. are seen here. Credit: Terry Robinson/Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0 Research & Developments is a blog for brief updates that ...

A new study suggests that marine heat waves may increase both the frequency and intensity of rainfall on land, especially over coastal communities (like Kolkata, India, above) in developing countries.

During the Apollo missions to the Moon, astronauts encountered an unexpected hazard: lunar dust. It clung to their spacesuits; crept into the lunar landers; and caused irritated throats, coughing fits ...

An archive of pilot whale tissue collected around the Faroe Islands has provided scientists with a decades-long record of how different per- or polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) accumulate in remote ...

The way climate change affects thermodynamic signals, such as atmospheric temperatures, is relatively well understood. Its effects on atmospheric circulation, however, are more complex because the ...

An artist’s concept depicts what the Earth-analogue planet might look like, with the white dwarf star in the background. Credit: W. M. Keck Observatory/Adam Makarenko Earth’s future is bleak. At best, ...

The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. AFP has posted a very good overview of the hazards posed by ...

Sometimes, rivers suddenly jump their banks, abandoning channels and washing over floodplains in search of new paths. These rare events, called avulsions, can cause catastrophic flooding and threaten ...