Alone among known planets, Earth has vast oceans on its surface and its landmasses are marked with lakes and extensive river ...

New research suggests that the thousands of dams built over the past two centuries have caused the Earth's poles to drift ...

Have you ever wondered what Earth's largest waterfall is? While a few might come close, there's only one that truly sets ...

Scientists found that large-scale dam building since 1835 shifted Earth's poles over a meter and significantly lowered sea ...

When large masses of water are moved from one place to another, this changes the shape of Earth and leads to a phenomenon ...

In an analysis of the best available Earth systems models, Northeastern researchers found that by the turn of the next ...

New research has uncovered that the construction of water dams has shifted Earth's poles in subtle but important ways.

Researchers have modeled sea level changes on thousand-year timescales for the past 540 million years. These insights offer better tools for mapping subsurface layers used in energy and waste storage.

Without enough liquid water on the surface, a planet's atmosphere can become choked with carbon dioxide, raising temperatures ...

A dusty envelope misplaced in a government archive has rewritten a chapter of mineral history. That 1949 letter, discovered ...

Google has closed a $3 billion deal to secure 3,000 megawatts of hydroelectric power, as it looks to meet the data demands of ...

According to a recent study published in the journal Nature Cities, 28 of the most populous U.S. cities are sinking. It’s due ...