When English author J.R.R. Tolkien crafted his fantasy world Middle-earth, he argued storytellers are essentially “sub-creators” – they build fictional realms with internally consistent laws. For a ...

A new study shows Antarctica’s biggest ice losses are happening at a few weak coastal gateways where glaciers are retreating inland.

A chronological map of the fetal brain reveals when key cells emerge and provides clues about autism and cancer.

We sometimes forget about the seismic, more primordial forces that literally shape the planet over millions of years.

The model focused on “palaeogeographic context,” meaning the ancient layout of coasts, islands, and seaways. It tested whether coastline orientation and coastline shape predicted extinctions over deep ...

The origin of many diseases begins at the cellular level and involves multiple molecular interactions. However, previous methods have struggled to accurately observe changes in individual cells.

A new study in the journal Nature Cities shows that as temperatures rise aboveground, the number of subway riders reporting uncomfortable heat belowground increases.

Astronaut Ron Garan spent months orbiting Earth aboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 27, and the experience reshaped how he thinks about the planet’s most pressing problems.

Now, far from the icy seas of Antarctica, what’s left of A23a is being eaten away by warmer waters. It’s in its death throes, ...

Researchers found that a majority of studies on coastal sea levels underestimated how high water levels are, and hundreds of millions of people are closer to peril than previously thought.

The horizontal coordinate system uses two angles: altitude (or elevation) and azimuth, relative to the observer’s horizon, to locate the celestial object in three-dimensional space. This method is ...

Humans are a coastal species. More than one in ten people in the world live within three miles of the shore, and about 40 ...