The NSF initiative will foster collaborations among geoscientists by creating a common infrastructure for researchers to collect, access, analyze, share, and visualize all forms of data and related resources.

The future pattern of population growth, not climate change, is likely to be the dominant factor in determining whether the amount of land burned by fires increases or decreases globally this century.

NCAR scientists have developed a new index for quantifying a hurricane's ability to cause destruction.

Scientists use advanced software to visualize details of the powerful storms.

The ORCAS field project records carbon dioxide levels exceeding 400 ppm over one of the remote regions of the globe.