Massive seafloor craters off California are shaped by ancient underwater sediment flows—not methane—revealing a hidden ...

The dark streaks that stripe Martian slopes have puzzled scientists for decades. A recent study, using artificial ...

If any engineer today tried to build Menga with the resources that existed 6,000 years ago, I don’t think they could do it.” ...

Cayman is experiencing extremely low tides, making for striking scenes on the coastline and a tapestry of exposed turtle ...

Simulations show that the stars’ tug could send Mercury, Venus or Mars crashing into Earth — or let Jupiter eject our world from the solar system.

Traces of ruthenium in Hawaiian lava reveal long-suspected core–mantle leakage.

The research supports the argument that Venus’ tectonics are active today, he says. What’s more, the demonstrated ability of computer simulations to predict what spacecraft may observe will be a boon ...

May 8, 2025 — A new study of the 28 most populous U.S. cities finds that all are sinking to one degree or another. The cities include not just those on the coasts, where relative sea level is a ...

As the foundation of marine ecosystems, they support ocean food webs and help regulate Earth's climate by storing carbon. While lab ... Climate Change May Make It Harder to Reduce Smog in Some Reg ...

Mother Earth is clearly urging a call to action. Nature is suffering. Oceans filling with plastic and turning more acidic. Extreme heat, wildfires and floods, have affected millions of people.

Earth and environmental sciences cover all aspects of Earth and planetary sciences, and broadly encompasses solid Earth processes, surface and atmospheric dynamics, Earth system history, climate ...

Spending such a long time in microgravity takes a serious toll on the human body. While before and after photos of the ...