Some of us no doubt remember the 2004 disaster film “The Day After Tomorrow,” in which the collapse of the Atlantic Ocean’s currents led to an ice-covered Northern Hemisphere in a matter of days.

The Mississippi River stretches for around 2,400 miles from central Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico. Every year, 30 to 50 ...

Scientists with government agencies and academia depend on each other and the public to help keep track of risky spots. Federal funding may be at risk, though.

Researchers can now check off another mystery from a long list of kind-of-confirmed principles in science, this time in ...

This video showcases a mini construction project focused on building a model of a hydroelectric dam as part of a science ...

Over the summer, crabbers in Chesapeake Bay pulled up four funny looking creatures. They were not the bay’s normal, skinny blue crabs, but instead, chunky stone crabs, the delectable crustaceans whose ...

The continents are drying, freshwater availability is shrinking, and sea level rise is accelerating… Combined, they send perhaps the direst message on ...

Scientists believe intriguing leopard spots on a rock sampled by the Perseverance rover on Mars last year may have ...

New analysis of street-level data across sub-Saharan Africa shows how access to infrastructure dramatically improves the ...

Scientists conducting a first-of-its-kind drilling operation have extracted samples of fresh water hiding in massive ...

If a tree falls in a forest and no one is there to see it, does it make a sound? Similarly, if a heavy rain event causes ...

The Great Lakes Science Center is collaborating with NASA for Discovery Days, featuring STEM learning and showcasing NASA careers that can literally take students to the moon.