First global map of mantle earthquakes reveals seismic activity far beneath continents, challenging old ideas about Earth’s ...

Microbes move across the planet, linking ecosystems and spreading genes that shape antibiotic resistance, health, and biodiversity.

When we dream of landscapes, we might imagine rolling valleys or rugged mountains. But there is a whole landscape hidden from human view: the secret ...

Mass extinction events throughout Earth’s history are characterized as significant disruptions to life on the planet. There have been five major extinction events that have fundamentally changed how ...

Giulio De Leo, Stanford professor of oceans and earth systems and senior fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment, aims to decrease the transmission of schistosomiasis by lowering the ...

Tectonic plates, the giant slabs of rock that make up the Earth’s crust, are always moving. This movement can raise mountains, form valleys, and even open new oceans over millions of years. A 3,000 Km ...

Across the United States and beyond, wildlife officers are fielding a crush of calls about animals that seem out of place, out of season, or simply overwhelmed by the conditions around them. From cold ...

Georgia is the only state where you can pilot a full scale commercial jet simulator, delivering an immersive hands on ...

Great things can come from failure when it comes to geology. The Midcontinent rift formed about 1.1 billion years ago and runs smack in the middle of the United States at the Great Lakes. The rift ...

It turns out that continental breakups are just as messy as human ones, with the events leaving fragments scattered far from home ...

Parts of ancient Earth may have formed continents and recycled crust through subduction far earlier than previously thought. New research led by scientists at the University of Wisconsin–Madison has ...

As much as 45 oceans’ worth of hydrogen may be in Earth’s core, scientists reported, suggesting most of Earth’s water was ...