From the surface, Earth looks like a relatively ordinary rocky planet, wrapped in clouds and a thin blue atmosphere. A new ...

In an analysis of the past 1.2 million years, UC Santa Barbara geologist Lorraine Lisiecki discovered a pattern that connects the regular changes of the Earth's orbital cycle to changes in the Earth's ...

Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have watched our planet's seasons from space and discovered that spring ...

A large fossil study shows young shark and ray species vanish faster, while older species stay stable over time.

Deep inside Earth, researchers see signs that the solid inner core may be arranged in multiple chemical layers far below.

In a recent study published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters, researchers suggest that Earth once had a giant, ...

(A–B) Locations of mapped dune fields on (A) Earth and (B) Mars. (C–D) Examples of mapping and interaction identification on (C) linear dunes in Tanami Desert, Australia, and (D) crescentic dunes at ...

In a world made small and accessible by technology, it is easy to forget the magnitude of nature’s infinite complexity. But sometimes technology reminds us, such as when trawling planet Earth on ...

A puzzlingly regular waxing and waning of Earth's biodiversity may ultimately trace back to our solar system's bobbing path around the Milky Way, a new study suggests. Every 60 million years or so, ...

Despite its dry, dusty surface and thinner atmosphere, Mars may have more in common with Earth than scientists previously thought. In a new study, researchers at the University of Rochester—including ...

Earth Optics and Pattern Ag announced Wednesday that they will merge to focus on digitizing soil health for advanced crop management and climate sustainability around the globe. The newly formed ...