The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

Understanding how water moves through the Earth system is fundamental to predicting climate impacts and ensuring sustainable ...

Earth and Space Science Informatics encompasses the integration of digital technologies, data analytics, and computational modelling to advance our understanding of the Earth system. This field ...

Forty light-years away, seven Earth-sized planets orbit around a dim red dwarf star in one of the most tightly packed planetary systems ever discovered. The TRAPPIST-1 system has captivated ...

The study of Earth science isn’t just for students who are interested in how our planet works. It’s also for those who are passionate about addressing urgent global challenges such as climate change, ...

In the Arizona desert, a vast glass structure sits far from cities and farmland. It was built to test an idea that once seemed urgent and uncertain. C.

Earth’s radiation budget through lunar observations. This method promises to overcome many of the limitations faced by current satellite systems, offering a comprehensive, consistent, and ...

Researchers caution that the Amazon rainforest could disappear in the next hundred years, due to the combined effects of climate change and deforestation, and a new model predicts how that could ...