"Killer electrons" that travel at nearly light speed inside Earth's Van Allen belts—the zone that surrounds the planet and ...

Researchers detected lead in ice cores from Tibet, indicating pollution in isolated areas. The study links much of this lead to humans.

Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are collaborating to ...

Microplastics in the atmosphere may be altering weather and climate by facilitating ice formation in clouds. Penn State ...

Sometimes, an ocean plate (which is made of denser rock than continental ... believed to be the deepest point on Earth. These types of collisions can also lead to underwater volcanoes.

according to Boston College Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences Xingchen “Tony” Wang, a lead author of the report. Better understanding ocean dead zones in the past, may help ...

Objective To describe available evidence from systematic reviews of alternative healthcare delivery arrangements relevant to high-income countries to inform decisions about healthcare system ...

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

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

The new study suggests that the planet experienced a swift and intense melting phase following the last global ice age. At ...

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 ...