Articles by

Carolyn Gramling

The Arctic is warming rapidly. These clouds may hold clues as to why

In the Arctic, a mysterious atmospheric phenomenon generates some of the oddest clouds on Earth. Up there,...

‘Echidnapus’ hints at a lost age of egg-laying mammals

The Australian platypus is one of Earth’s most unusual creatures — but there was a time when...

In 2018, Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano erupted like a stomp rocket

A series of explosions from the Hawaiian volcano Kilauea in 2018 may have been triggered by a...

Freshwater first appeared on Earth 4 billion years ago, ancient crystals hint

Earth may have had fresh, not just salty, water as soon as 600 million years after the...

Will stashing more CO2 in the ocean help slow climate change?

The ocean is Earth’s climate hero. For decades, ocean waters have helped hold back the juggernaut of...

Polar forests may have just solved a solar storm mystery

The strongest solar flare in recorded history burst into Earth’s atmosphere in 1859, bathing both hemispheres in...

Climate change is changing how we keep time

Climate change may be making it harder to know exactly what time it is. The rapid melting...

Waterlogged soils can give hurricanes new life after they arrive on land

Once a hurricane makes landfall, it’s usually the beginning of the end for the storm. But a...