New studies offer a clearer picture of how the outer solar system formed and evolved based on analyses of trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) and centaurs. The findings reveal the distribution of ices in ...
La Brea Tar Pits scientists have identified a previously unknown juniper species as Juniperus scopulorum, commonly known as the Rocky Mountain Juniper. The successful identification, along with the ...
Colder air has been filtering into Southeast Texas behind a cold front that moved through yesterday. As a result, ...
The Arctic is home to pristine artifacts. A few archeologists are rushing to find them, and the critical clues they can offer ...
A new method uses stations around Greenland’s coast to measure how much meltwater weighs down the bedrock beneath the ice, ...
Antarctic ice sheets melted rapidly 20 million years ago due to orbital changes. Researchers warn modern emissions could trigger similar instability, urging climate action. Geoscientists led by the Un ...
Interglacials are, as the name suggests, warm periods between planetary glaciations when the expanse of ice on Earth shrinks.