A weak spot in Earth’s protective magnetic field is growing larger and exposing orbiting satellites and astronauts to more ...

A large landslide has destroyed a 662 m long highway viaduct in China. Over the last two days there has been considerable media coverage of a large, highly destructive rockslide that occurred at ...

Satellite image of the aftermath of the 31 August 2025 landslides in Sudan. Planet image draped onto the Google Earth DEM. Image copyright Planet, used with permission. Image dated 6 September 2025.

Years ago, scientists noted something odd: Earth’s Northern and Southern Hemispheres reflect nearly the same amount of sunlight back into space. The reason why this symmetry is odd is because the ...

A microscopic image shows soil (brown) that has been blended with polyester fibers (white). Credit: Ingraffia et al., 2022, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-8-421-2022 ...

Various online datasets will allow a detailed understanding of Hurricane Melissa as it impacts Jamaica and then Cuba Hurricane Melissa is now making headlines around the world in anticipation of its ...

A new paper describes a rock avalanche in Greenland about 10,900 years BP that had a volume of over 1 billion cubic metres and that travelled almost 16 kilometres. The rear scar of the landslide is ...

Current pledges and policies are not enough to keep Earth's warming below Paris Agreement targets by 2100, according to a United Nations report. Credit: NASA/JPL Research & Developments is a blog for ...

A judge has ordered the government halt reductions in force (RIFs) of federal employees issued because of the government shutdown. Credit: Hillel Steinberg, Flickr, CC BY-SA 4.0 Research & ...

Research & Developments is a blog for brief updates that provide context for the flurry of news that impacts science and scientists today. A yearly analysis of climate change’s progress and effects ...

It is reported that 51 people have been killed by a series of debris flows in Kenya, triggered by heavy rainfall. On 31 October 2025, heavy rainfall triggered a series of large landslides in the ...