Earth is divided into two halves: the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Both reflect equal amounts of sunlight (albedo) even ...

Rachel Carson’s look at the dire effects of industrial and agricultural pollution birthed the modern environmental movement ...

The transits of Venus in 1761 and 1769 offered a way to calculate the true size of the Solar System. Getting to the right ...

NASA-supported scientists have provided new information about how the early Earth may have acquired some elements necessary ...

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The Okavango River – after flowing through Angola, briefly forming a stretch of the Angola-Namibia border and making its way ...

J.R.R. Tolkien’s blunt reaction to 'Dune' reveals a fascinating clash between Middle-earth’s mythic beauty and Arrakis’s ...

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

China's dominance of rare earth refining is built on its sprawling research and teaching ecosystem. The West is now investing ...

The Illustrated Story of Life, biologist Christian Sardet invites readers on a vivid journey to appreciate the origin and ...

In retrospect, was "Limits to Growth" a fair or a false warning? We asked Keith Suter, a member of the Club of Rome since 1991, to talk about the club and that famous book. In 1999, the price of ...