After a lifetime of writing specifically for those in the science community, physical oceanographer John Whitehead of ...

Geography literally means 'writing about the Earth'. It is the study of places and the relationships between people and their environments. Geography can be split into three areas: human geography ...

Vegetation structure, land cover and phenology are critical for terrestrial ecosystem respiration, although temperature and water availability are still the dominant influences, according to a ...

The field of research in geosciences and geography spans all of Earth, from the glaciers in Antarctica to bustling metropolises. Earth and its changes throughout time are studied, for example, through ...

Scientists have long been puzzled by volcanoes that erupt far from the edges of tectonic plates—known as intraplate volcanoes ...

Earth analytics, also known as Earth data science, is a rapidly growing field that uses data science techniques to study Earth processes and address environmental challenges. Earth data scientists use ...

Although most major rivers on Earth flow in a single direction from their source to the sea, the Amazon defies ...