Research briefs

Ocean tides push upstream along coastal rivers, in some cases reaching hundreds of kilometers inland. These inland stretches are known as tidal rivers, and they’re the scene of complex interactions between the river current and tidal oscillations.

A new study shows the pros and cons of different model training methods.

Researchers call for urgent rethink of global hazard monitoring as "Small Alpine Lake Outbursts" emerge in a warming world.

A research team has uncovered a previously hidden population of so-called slow slip events beneath the Parkfield section of California’s San Andreas Fault.

Wetlands protect communities and ecosystems from flooding. A study quantifies their financial importance.

Over the past 15 months, one of the country’s worst marine environmental disasters has been unfolding in South Australia.

A new study suggests the world is far less likely to experience a single, planet-wide drought than previously feared.

A new study of groundnut farming in Ghana, Mali, and Nigeria asks: when temperatures soar, how do farmers change what they put into the ground?

Research from the University of Oxford has ranked 205 of the world's largest cities by their risk from extreme heat, identifying where people are most in danger as global temperatures rise.

When a powerful EF-4 tornado tore through Rolling Fork, Mississippi, on March 24, 2023, social media became a critical tool for sharing weather warnings, damage reports and recovery information