A new international study published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters reveals that the boundaries between geological epochs and periods, even though randomly distributed, follow a hidden, ...

Rocks, rain and carbon dioxide help control Earth's climate over thousands of years -- like a thermostat -- through a process called weathering. A new study may improve our understanding of how this ...

UMass Lowell's Department of Environmental, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences (EEAS) provides a comprehensive understanding of current environmental challenges and the need for sustainable solutions. It ...

Impact craters found around the Earth that were made around the same time could be linked to debris falling from a ring, a new study suggests. By Becky Ferreira If you were to look up from Earth some ...

Earth's core isn't exactly aligned with its mantle, which results in a cyclical wobble, new research finds. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...

The origin of life on Earth is still enigmatic, but we are slowly unraveling the steps involved and the necessary ingredients. Scientists believe life arose in a primordial soup of organic chemicals ...

You can say this about mammals: We've had a good run. Over the 250 million years since the first mammals diverged from reptiles and birds, we hairy, warm-blooded vertebrates have come to dominate the ...

Earth's inner core, a hot iron ball the size of Pluto, has stopped spinning faster than the planet's surface and might now be rotating slower than it, research suggested on Monday. Roughly 5,000 ...

The new prediction suggests fewer T. rex individuals roamed our planet than scientists previously thought. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...

BLOOMINGTON, Ind., May 3 (UPI) --A new study suggests our knowledge of Earth's biodiversity is extremely limited. According to the numbers recently crunched by scientists at Indiana University, 99.999 ...

Dogs use the Earth’s magnetic field when they’re relieving themselves. Not only that, but canines choose to do so in a north-south axis, a new study published in the journal Frontiers in Zoology says.

Some astronomers are questioning the existence of what might be the most Earth-like planet yet found outside the solar system, based on a reexamination of archival data. Kepler 452 b was discovered by ...