This 2023 satellite photo shows the heart-shaped Spirit Lake, which was transformed by the cataclysmic eruption of Mount St.

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Bennu, which comes closest to Earth every six years at a distance of 299,000 km, has a one-in-2,700 chance of colliding with ...

A 2022 satellite photo shows a shimmering trail of dried, chemically-enriched mud left behind by a torrent of wastewater that ...

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Around 591 million years ago, Earth’s magnetic field almost collapsed. The near-disaster may have contributed to the evolution of larger and more diversified life forms, according to a new study ...

Experts from the global Earth science community have pieced together what happened during the massive Sikkim flood to try to help others prepare for similar disasters.

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As of 7 a.m. on January 26, the wildfires in Los Angeles were 90 percent contained after having burned thousands of acres.

“This study (on the Sikkim flood) is a good example of a mountain disaster galvanizing the global Earth science research community to work together on a common goal,” he says. “Advances in ...