With the world facing a global environmental crisis, Earth scientists can play an important and unique role, according to Earth Institute Director Jeffrey Sachs.Read More »Science Policy & Funding
The Arctic region continues to face significant environmental changes, according to a new report issued by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.Read More »Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Volcanology
A serendipitous discovery of tiny tunnels in lava that cooled rapidly under fresh water could help scientists search for life on Mars.Read More »Ocean Sciences
Legacies of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami include recent interviews with lucid eyewitnesses to an obscure disaster in 1945. The accounts attest to coastal hazards in Oman, Iran, Pakistan, and India.Read More »
NASA and NOAA images reveal brighter than average December lights in the United States, brighter Ramadan nights in the Middle East.Read More »Biogeosciences
Surveys of air quality show that smog and other pollutants in Islam’s holiest city during the Hajj are among the worst in the world, prompting the Saudi government to look for ways to clear the air.Read More »
