Earth
Moving and shaking for 4.5 billion years
The physical processes that sculpt our Earth are dramatic — earthquakes, weather, volcanic eruptions, tectonic motions, climate change. Now, decades of research into the intricately intertwined system that links all oceans and freshwater, the atmosphere and our land is moving us forward toward a better understanding of our world. Here we watch it unfold.
New research on diamonds found deep in the Earth's crust suggests that the planet's carbon cycle reaches far underground.
The National Hurricane Center is finally seeing their ability to predict a storm’s strength catch up to their ability to track it.
Early-stage research points to bioengineering as a promising way to buy time for arid ecosystems.
The hurricane season is just getting started and the storms are predicted to have a big impact this year.
Fossils dating more than about 540 million years old are extremely rare. That's why a newly discovered ancient deposit is so valuable.
Climate scientists propose new explanation for the rapid changes to the ocean carbon sink in the 1990s.
New discovery could help scientists unearth more ancient microbial fossils and shed light on some big questions about early life on Earth.
Ice-buried canyons may have been formed by repeated floods as the world went into an ice age more than 2 million years ago.
Across the world, humans aren't the only ones affected by global upheavals.
A month’s worth of cool science stories, summed up
Researchers discover hot spot off the coast of Italy with up to 1.9 million pieces of plastic per square meter.
