geography

Study by experts in Sheffield and Kyoto, Japan, found meat consumption explained less than 10 percent of difference in carbon footprints

Rapanui people likely believed the ancient monoliths helped food grow on the Polynesian island, study reveals

Geoscientists can reconstruct the climate of the past by analyzing dripstones—and they can also draw up prognoses for the future

With sea levels rising rapidly, researchers advocate for a managed pull back from coastlines

The aquifer stretches from the shore at least from Massachusetts to New Jersey

The 11-person team has been working on the Rutford Ice Stream for the last 12 weeks in freezing temperatures

An algorithm has been designed to help generate more revenue for builders and more renewable energy for customers

Scientists use GPS data to uncover unusual behavior between distant volcanoes

For the first time, UMass Amherst geoscientists offer some direct evidence of how the Adirondack Mountains may have formed

Some 640,000 years have passed since the volcano's last major eruption