New research reveals the source of this carbon – and the driving forces behind it – are far more complex than previously ...

Hydrogen reserves in Earth’s core large enough to supply at least nine oceans may influence processes on the surface today.

Earth’s magnetic field is constantly swirling and shifting thanks to a colossal ocean of liquid metal sloshing around in its ...

Researchers studying the deep biosphere, Earth’s largest ecosystem, have found evidence that life thriving miles below the ...

The Earth Dynamics Geodetic Explorer (EDGE) team was one of two teams selected out of four finalists for NASA’s Earth System ...

Our Earth is structured sort of like an onion – it’s one layer after another. Starting from the top down, there’s the crust, which includes the surface you walk on; then farther down, the mantle, ...

Geomorphology – the study of landforms and the processes that shape the Earth’s surface – integrates observations of tectonic, fluvial, glacial, aeolian, and coastal dynamics to explain landscape ...

The Earth’s oceans have risen and fallen over the millennia. But they have, on average, been relatively stable over billions of years. The balance of the deep water cycle—the exchange of water between ...

New research challenges the idea that the hemispheres’ matching brightness is a fundamental property of the planet Smithsonian researchers trekked to a remote site in northern Canada to collect ...

Parts of ancient Earth may have formed continents and recycled crust through subduction far earlier than previously thought. New research led by scientists at the University of Wisconsin–Madison has ...

Tiny earth observation satellites in 2026 track hurricanes, crops, and ships with CubeSat weather monitoring, small satellite ...