Earth Science

Last summer when the Titan submersible suffered a catastrophic implosion on its way to take passengers to see the Titanic...

Over the course of hundreds of millions of years, Earth has lived through a series of climatic shifts, shaping the...

According to a recent study published in Nature Geoscience, scientists have found that soil carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are more...

The fearsome, saber-like teeth of Smilodon fatalis — California's state fossil — are familiar to anyone who has ever visited...

As the modern Great Barrier Reef emerged after the last ice age, it had to cope with multiple environmental stresses...

Riverside, Calif. -- In unincorporated communities in the United States-Mexico borderlands, historically and socially marginalized populations become invisible to the healthcare...

Indigenous aquaculture systems in Hawaiʻi, known as loko iʻa or fishponds, can increase the amount of fish and fisheries harvested...

The prestigious life-time honour recognises the scholars’ extraordinary contributions to the scientific community, highlights the strength of HKU's faculty and...

Water erosion is the most active process controlling soil formation and evolution, which can affect the redistribution of carbon between...

Capacitors are crucial components in electronic devices such as smartphones and computers. They are made of dielectric materials that polarize...