NASA spends a lot of time looking outward, but some of its most consequential work is aimed squarely at our own planet. Earth ...

Dai’s initial results have revealed that rainfall was low in South Africa during the last glacial maximum and increased as ...

One bright day on Earth about 4.5 billion years ago, everything changed. A massive object slammed into the young planet. The impact was so large that bits were flung out into space, eventually ...

A new study found that cultivating seaweed species alongside marine finfish in integrated multi-trophic aquaculture (IMTA) ...

Researchers led by the University of Arizona have shown that drone-mounted ground-penetrating radar can map buried glaciers ...

For the first time, scientists have seen a subduction zone actively breaking apart beneath the Pacific Northwest. Seismic data show the oceanic plate tearing into fragments, forming microplates in a ...

Researchers discovered that continents don’t just split at the surface—they also peel from below, feeding volcanic activity in the oceans. Simulations reveal that slow mantle waves strip continental ...

An international team of researchers have identified the most urgent unanswered questions about peatland ecosystems, providing a global roadmap which ...

Earth Day is a celebration that comes at a time when climate change is affecting communities across the globe. Earth Day, which falls on April 22 every year, began in 1970, after millions of ...

DENVER — Earth Day events across the Denver metro area are giving residents plenty of ways to celebrate the planet, from family-friendly events to volunteer cleanups. In 2026, Earth Day events focus ...

Planet Earth Super El Niño looms, an Acropolis fragment resurfaces, a promising cure for Alzheimer's appears, and a hexagonal diamond is made The Moon The moon is green and brown? Why scientists are ...

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