The ozone layer is a part of Earth’s atmosphere that captures some of the Sun ’s ultraviolet (UV) light emissions. When the ...

Even the balmy tropics may have once been crushed by colossal masses of ice.

The rover's latest discoveries, including pure sulfur stones and sprawling mineral "spiderwebs," unravel new mysteries of ...

Researchers discovered a 3.26-billion-year-old asteroid impact acted as 'giant fertilizer bomb,' aiding early microbial life.

But to find that complexity, we must take the lessons of the boring billion to heart. Planets are not just a stage on which ...

Roughly 233 million years ago, Earth’s continents were fused into one massive landmass, and life as we know it was on the ...

Interactions between Earth and the solar system have profoundly shaped the planet’s history, influencing evolution and ...

University of Maryland researchers have found intriguing new evidence of ancient seafloor deep beneath the Earth's surface.

Instead of just three layers- crust, mantle, and core- the Earth is made up of multiple ... These plates are rigid at the center and have geologic activities like earthquakes and volcanism ...

Emerging evidence suggests that plate tectonics, or the recycling of Earth's crust, may have begun much earlier than ...

Armed with advanced technology, decades of expertise, and insights from an NSF-funded study, a multi-institution team of geoscientists offer innovative, updated perspectives of an iconic sedimentary ...

The ozone layer is a part of Earth’s atmosphere that captures some ... especially during periods of unusual meteorological activity. But overall, the UNEP estimates that the ozone hole over ...