Vertical-axis windmills first recorded between 700 and 900 CE still stand in Nashtifan, Iran. Built from clay, wood and straw ...

The geoid (the surface of equal gravitational potential of a hypothetical ocean at rest) serves as the classical reference ...

One of the strongest of these depressions – where the gravity field is weaker – lies under Antarctica. Now, new models of how the so-called Antarctic Geoid Low evolved over time have shown that it's ...

NASA will conduct a second "wet dress rehearsal" this week before announcing a date to launch astronauts on its Artemis II ...

He breaks down the science in simple terms. When the planet is cooler, soil and oceans absorb more carbon dioxide. As temperatures climb across millennia, the stored carbon is released back into the ...

In North Mankato a longtime salon is closing, while Rickway Carpet is exploring a move across the river. In Mankato, a ...

The ocean surface is definitely not flat. It is constantly changing as wind, waves and swells produce surface undulations, daily tidal fluctuations raise and lower the average height.” ...

The northern lights are predicted to dazzle across the northern U.S. on February 14 and 15, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC), ...

While some of these alliances faded into obscurity almost immediately, others helped define and symbolize the comic book ...

The planet that appears so steady beneath our feet is, in reality, subtly reorienting itself in space. As ice melts, oceans swell and groundwater is pumped from deep aquifers, the balance of mass on ...

Dr. Klinger is the author of “Rare Earth Frontiers: From Terrestrial Subsoils to Lunar Landscapes.” Over the past 15 years, it has often been said that China has a stranglehold on global supplies of ...

Deep inside Earth, two massive hot rock structures have been quietly shaping the planet’s magnetic field for millions of years. Using ancient magnetic records and advanced simulations, scientists ...