In September 2023, a global seismic mystery began to unfold. Every 90 seconds, the Earth pulsed with a strange, low-frequency ...

An international research team led by the Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon has, for the first time, succeeded in visualizing and ...

A laser-equipped research platform has, for the first time, photographed airflow just millimeters above ocean waves, ...

Researchers have recreated the tumultuous beginnings of Earth, simulating what the planet was like just after its formation 4 ...

Beneath Ethiopia, the Earth’s mantle is pulsing like a slow, steady heartbeat, slowly tearing Africa apart and laying the ...

Structures that scatter seismic waves deep in Earth's mantle seem to be everywhere researchers look.

World Oceans Day, celebrated annually on June 8, aims to raise awareness about the ocean’s health and the challenges it faces.

It experiences Earth’s strongest winds and largest waves. It is home to city-sized icebergs and the biggest ocean current on the globe, as well as tiny turbulent flows that fit inside a teacup.

Short Wave turns five today! To celebrate, we're answering science questions from 5-year-old Short Wavers. SPOILER ALERT: The questions are brilliant, delightful and span everything from how ...

Specifically, PKP waves are P-waves that have traveled through the Earth's mantle and core, and arrive at the surface at a variety of speeds depending on how far they traveled through these layers.