The story begins in 1835, when the first of what would become thousands of dams was built. These human-made reservoirs store ...

As temperatures, biodiversity losses, and sea levels rise globally, scientists are concerned about the likelihood of abrupt ...

New research has revealed that humans have built so many dams that the Earth's poles have shifted slightly. According to ...

At Svalbard, Norway this winter, scientists encountered exceptionally high temperatures, widespread snowmelt, and blooming ...

When the polar vortex stretches, North America feels the chill. New research reveals some of the stratospheric patterns ...

Artifacts from the Iron Age have revealed an intense historical magnetic anomaly in the Middle East. Could using a similar ...

When astronauts began spending six months and more aboard the International Space Station, they started to notice changes in ...

NASA’s Juno spacecraft has detected an unusual new variety of plasma phenomenon occurring over Jupiter's north pole.

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GPS systems, planes and military equipment track the magnetic field and rely on accurate models of magnetic north to function ...

Building dams has quietly tilted Earth’s axis by three feet, shifting poles and slowing rotation. A hidden planetary cost of ...