While most of us take the ground beneath our feet for granted, written within its complex layers, like the pages of a book, ...

New research suggests melting ice sheets are warming global temperatures which may speed up continental drift, creating ...

Seismic waves from earthquakes have always offered a window into Earth’s hidden interior. For decades, researchers believed ...

Earth's atmosphere is divided into several distinct layers, each characterized by specific temperature variations, composition, and phenomena. Below are the primary layers of the atmosphere, from the ...

Seismologists studying earthquake patterns in California have uncovered extraordinary evidence of a rare geological process ...

For example, mantle rocks are currently flowing toward Scandinavia to replace material that was pushed aside by the weight of ...

Stone Age humans mastered fire technology during Earth's harshest climate period 23,000 years ago, creating hearths that ...

Close to a mile down, with a 500-foot layer of ice ... life beneath the ice sheet, though how that works precisely isn't yet ...

This event is known as the Zanclean megaflood and is believed to be the largest single flood recorded on Earth. However, not ...

Janet B. Carson, a freelance writer, retired in 2018 from her 38-year career at the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension. She was a horticulture specialist and coordinator of the Arkansas ...

The Chicxulub asteroid crater supported marine life for 700,000 years, showing that some mass extinction events may help life return.

Instead of just discussing environmental issues, hands-on Earth Day activities allow children to actively engage in sustainable practices and build habits that extend beyond the classroom. These five ...