Elon Musk recently called for the ISS to be deorbited "as soon as possible." Experts say the station provides vital research, ...

Fossils of the world’s oldest megaraptorid and the first-ever carcharodontosaurs in Australia have been discovered, ...

For many, the sight of vast ice caps at Earth’s poles seems like an unshakable feature of our planet. Yet, a new study ...

The Unprecedented Speed of Past Reversals A study by geophysicists from UC Berkeley and their Italian and French colleagues ...

The Great Wall of China wasn’t a single construction project, but rather a series of defensive and border fortifications ...

As Earth approaches warmer levels experienced earlier in its geologic history, it may be bad news for human survival.

Jurassic bird fossil discovery of a species named Baminornis zhenghensis pushes bird evolution timeline back 20 million years ...

Archaeologists have uncovered the oldest known section of China’s Great Wall, revealing that its origins stretch back 300 ...

When Earth first formed, it was too hot to retain ice. This means all the water on our planet must have originated from ...

Projections of our future under climate change paint a picture of extreme weather and acidified oceans, a world many of today ...

A perfectly preserved ancient tree fossil offered scientists an unprecedented view into a moment 42,000 years ago when the ...

The Earth Sciences contribute to answers on a wide range of societal and economic questions in areas such as: the natural means of existence (water, raw materials, the energy transition), the ...