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 ...

Since the beginning of the 20th century, global sea level has risen by about 20 centimeters (roughly 8 inches) [Fox-Kemper et al., 2021]. As a result, coastal and island communities around the world ...

The Manzanita Fire burns in 2017 in California. Wildfire risk will be elevated in the U.S. West this summer alongside elevated risk in the Amazon rainforest, Australia, and elsewhere. Credit: James ...

Northstar Island, an artificial island in the Beaufort Sea north of Alaska, is home to an oil well that produces approximately 10,000 barrels of oil per day. Credit: U.S. Department of the ...

The biological carbon pump moves carbon from near the ocean’s surface to deeper regions, maintaining the upper ocean’s ability to absorb carbon from the atmosphere. One component of this system is ...

The Cerrado savanna in Brazil is the second-largest biome in South America and stores as much carbon as 20% of the Amazon rainforest, according to new research. Credit: Andre Dib The Cerrado savanna ...

For decades, scientists have debated how earthquakes can occur in the hot, dense mantle beneath continents. Most earthquakes happen in Earth’s brittle upper crust, where rocks snap under pressure. But ...

Geothermal activity near Hveragerði, Iceland, has created a natural laboratory where researchers can study how ecosystems, including microbes and plans, respond to long-term warming. Credit: Sara ...