Alone among known planets, Earth has vast oceans on its surface and its landmasses are marked with lakes and extensive river ...

“We find that both exhibit strong linearly increasing trends, coupled with a large surge in magnitude between 330 and 220 million years ago,” the authors wrote. “Our findings suggest unexpected strong ...

This cascading effect underscores the interconnectedness of Earth's geological systems, where changes in the mantle ripple through to the surface. The implications extend beyond our planet.

Over the past 200 years, humans have stored hundreds of billions of liters of water in thousands of dams around the world. In ...

Mantle plumes are important geologic processes—they interact with plate tectonics, create rich mineral deposits, and even ...

The Dead Sea is a confluence of extraordinary conditions: the lowest point on the earth’s surface, with one of the world’s ...

Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), this first-of-its-kind global synthesis identifies 603 species, genera, or families that influence Earth's surface processes ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Earth’s inner core, a solid metal ball gyrating within the molten outer core, may be both slowing down and changing shape. Recent analyses of earthquake waves have suggested ...