Earth Science

For decades, scientists have searched for natural records capable of revealing how the oceans changed before modern instruments began measuring...

After heavy rain, rivers often turn the color of chocolate as sediment—soil, sand, silt, and other particles—rushes from the landscape...

A glacier in West Antarctica may have begun thinning across its entire drainage system at roughly the same time, revealing...

A climate shock that unfolded about 304 million years ago is offering scientists a dramatic warning about how quickly Earth’s...

A new study is challenging one of the most familiar assumptions about Earth’s earliest history: that the planet’s ancient rocks...

Renewable energy is often portrayed as a solution to both climate change and air pollution. Yet a new study suggests...

Nitrogen fertilizer has long carried a scientific paradox beneath its promise of higher yields. The same nutrient that fuels crop...

Antibiotic pollution may be doing more than selecting resistant microbes: new research suggests that mixtures of sulfonamide drugs can alter...

A new study has turned the world’s oldest mountain belts into a geological time machine, revealing that Earth’s tectonic engine...

A powerful earthquake may do more than fracture rock and reshape landscapes. It may also trigger a burst of chemical...