Fresh evidence suggests early Earth wasn’t locked under a rigid stagnant lid but was already experiencing intense subduction. Ancient melt inclusions and advanced simulations point to continents ...

Two new proposed NASA Earth science missions will attempt to address key research topics while leveraging both commercial and exploration capabilities. During NASA’s “Ignition” event March 24, the ...

Oak Ridge scientist Forrest Hoffman explains how AI and supercomputers help predict Earth's complex climate systems.

Scientists at the University of Southampton have uncovered evidence from ancient rocks that Earth's climate continued to fluctuate during its most extreme ice age—known as Snowball Earth. During the ...

New research suggests Earth’s climate can swing wildly on surprisingly short timescales — even during hot, ice-free greenhouse periods. By studying ancient sediments from the Late Cretaceous, ...

This study examines the knowledge and perceptions of preservice teachers in Spain, regarding fundamental topics on Earth Sciences. The research, exploratory and descriptive, was carried out applying a ...

The Committee on Earth Science and Applications from Space (CESAS) provides an independent, authoritative forum for identifying and discussing Earth system science research requiring data from space ...

Each year, Space Science Week brings together leaders across the space science disciplines to explore the latest developments and discuss the future of the field from a variety of perspectives, from ...

The Earth–ionosphere system forms a natural electromagnetic cavity, within which extremely low frequency (ELF) waves generated primarily by global lightning discharges become trapped and resonate.