Earth Science Week 2025, an annual worldwide celebration of the geosciences led by the American Geosciences Institute (AGI), ...

Ice cores, tree rings, and satellite data converge on a striking truth: Earth’s rapid changes today are unlike anything seen ...

Think of it this way: only around 10,000 decently sized meteorites slam into Earth per year. Meanwhile, the planet is ...

Earth's Ediacaran Period, roughly 630 to 540 million years ago, has always been something of a magnetic minefield for ...

A newly discovered global "thermostat" is a momentous discovery, but don't hope for it to offset the human impacts of climate change.

This year’s observance of Earth Science Week at Illinois University Carbondale will focus on meeting energy needs in a sustainable way on campus, in the region and ...

Marine heatwaves can jam the ocean’s natural carbon conveyor belt, preventing carbon from reaching the deep sea. Researchers studying two major heatwaves in the Gulf of Alaska found that plankton ...

Surging temperatures worldwide have pushed coral reef ecosystems into a state of widespread decline, marking the first time ...

Earth's rotation is randomly speeding up, and nobody is quite sure why. These speedups, which have occurred several times over the last few years, haven't had any effect on daily life, but they also ...

That’s because they are the largest and heaviest lizards in the world, growing up to eight to ten feet long and weighing ...

On this day in science history Sept. 17, 1999: Jesse Gelsinger died after receiving a gene therapy treatment to treat a liver ...