Two years ago, Earth was hit by the most energetic neutrino in history. Scientists thought it might be a measurement error, but a new study has confirmed this “ghost particle” was real.

The developments set the stage for the work of the late Nobel Prize-winning physicist Luis Alvarez and his geologist son Walter, professor of Earth and planetary science at the Univeristy of ...

New reconstructions of 540 million years of climate history show the planet tumbling between icehouse and hothouse states, ...

Division of Geological Survey is celebrating Earth Science Week from Oct. 12-Oct. 18.

Hidden within Arctic ice, diatoms are proving to be anything but dormant. New Stanford research shows these glass-walled ...

From a deep dive on a fatal space shuttle disaster to a study of a dozen iconic trees, these are our favorite titles this year Joe Spring, Riley Black, Shi En Kim, Dan Falk, Christian Elliott and ...

The planet is seeing a decline in biodiversity, but extinctions are relatively rare and don’t meet the threshold for a sixth mass extinction, a new study argues.

Taking steps to cool the planet means not only cutting emissions but also pulling carbon dioxide (CO₂) from the air. While technology-based solutions have been widely studied, a simple, nature-based ...