Urban Sprawl: Phoenix
Its metropolitan area has grown more than 300 percent in recent decades.
Species and Sprawl: A Road Runs Through It
As the suburbs flourish, animals struggle to survive.
Cassini-Huygens Explores Saturn
After a seven-year trip, the Cassini spacecraft arrived at Saturn in July 2004.
NAO: Driving Climate Across the Atlantic
How the North Atlantic Oscillation kicks up a commotion in the Northern Hemisphere.
Congo Land Cover
How satellite data helps scientists map changes in one of Earth's great wildernesses.
Gravity: Making Waves
To what lengths do scientists have to go to snare a gravitational wave?
Jellies Down Deep
One of the most abundant forms of ocean life is gelatinous goo.
Mangroves: the Roots of the Sea
Learn how communities in Thailand restored mangrove forests for the benefit of all.
Geologists on Mars
Water once flowed on Mars—perhaps enough to harbor life.
The Rise of Oxygen
Oxygen is the key to Earth's biodiversity. But it wasn't always so.
