This study presents the first physical evidence that Snowball Earth reached the heart of continents at the equator.' ...

Geologists found evidence in the way enigmatic sandstones called Tava formed in the Rocky Mountains hundreds of millions of ...

How Life Began on Earth: Modeling Earth's Ancient Atmosphere Oct. 31, 2024 — This model reveals how vastly different the atmosphere was on ancient Earth, and how life may have first ...

Earth science concentrates on investigating how the planet works and why. This field delves into the many layers of the Earth and explains how those pieces fit together into a cohesive structure.

Imagine a world where continents are fused into one massive landmass, and life as we know it is on the brink of ...

Geologists have uncovered strong evidence from Colorado that massive glaciers covered Earth down to the equator hundreds of ...

A ground-breaking discovery is sparking hope that geothermal energy at least five times more powerful than current wells ...

Even as Earth sets new heat records, humanity this year is pumping 330 million tons (300 million metric tons) more carbon ...

The small spherical beads, designed to help with exfoliation and then be washed ... Friends of the Earth waste campaigner Julian Kirby said: "Unfortunately the ban does not cover a long list ...

Recent earth science developments suggest that how we count our planet’s largest land masses is less clear than we learned in school. By Matt Kaplan The world is split up into continents ...

The WIRED conversation illuminates how technology is changing every aspect of our lives—from culture to business, science to design. The breakthroughs and innovations that we uncover lead to new ...

Princeton’s earth science list ranges widely, with particular strengths in climatology, ocean science, atmospheric science, and the biogeosciences. Our books often employ quantitative and ...