Ice cores, tree rings, and satellite data converge on a striking truth: Earth’s rapid changes today are unlike anything seen ...

Modelers have demonstrated that artificial intelligence (AI) models can produce climate simulations with more efficiency than ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

A new international study published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters reveals that the boundaries between geological epochs and periods, even though randomly distributed, follow a hidden, ...

Around the world, international borders are hardening. Nations are competing for resources, technology and even orbits. But in Vienna this June, a different vision took center stage. One where space ...

This lecture was presented as part of the 2010 Exploring Space Lecture series "From Fire To Ice: Forces That Shape the Planets." The planets and moons of the Solar System are incredibly diverse worlds ...

Plate tectonics give rise to Earth's mountain ranges, earthquakes and the long-term movement of continents, and may even have provided the right conditions for life on Earth. But as far as we know, no ...

This year’s observance of Earth Science Week at Illinois University Carbondale will focus on meeting energy needs in a sustainable way on campus, in the region and ...