An analysis led by the University of Chicago of Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover data may explain why the planet was ...

Some species of fig trees store calcium carbonate in their trunks—essentially turning themselves (partially) into stone, new ...

As the sun grew hotter, so did Mars, prompting much of its atmospheric carbon dioxide to rain out and ultimately get locked ...

One of the great unsolved problems in modern planetary science is written on the surface of Mars. Mars has canyons that were ...

Measuring shells and skeletons encased in thousands of limestone samples has revealed that the sheer amount of living stuff ...

Scientists discovered that fig trees in Kenya can store carbon dioxide as calcium carbonate rocks inside their trunks and ...

We all know that trees are an important part of our climate efforts. But we usually envision this as lush forests soaking up ...

Why is Mars barren and uninhabitable, while life has always thrived here on our relatively similar planet Earth?

What can the climate history of Mars teach scientists about whether the Red Planet once had the ingredients for life as we ...

A sinkhole is a hole or deep depression in the ground that opens up when layers of certain types of rock – usually limestone, carbonate rock and salt beds – dissolve beneath the surface and ...

NJDOT crews are evaluating how to repair a sinkhole on I-80 eastbound near Exit 34 in northern New Jersey. Here's what you need to know.