They influence policy, guide disaster response ... It is not just a field of study but a toolkit for survival, innovation, and stewardship. As Earth Science Week reminds us, the planet beneath our ...

A new study shows how carbon from rivers and saltwater mixing control emissions. Protecting natural salinity can help manage ...

Extreme heat forged Earth’s continents billions of years ago, creating the stable foundation that made life possible.

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A new study has revealed how phosphorus, a nutrient essential for photosynthesis, surged into ancient oceans and started ...

Reports Outline Earth Science Study Results from University of Potsdam [Large-scale application of the flood damage model RAilway Infrastructure Loss (RAIL)] According to the news editors, the ...

New research reveals that Earth’s continents owe their stability to searing heat deep in the planet’s crust. At more than ...

Ocean warming has more than quadrupled in recent decades and is likely to accelerate even faster if humanity fails to address climate change, scientists find. Earth's oceans are getting warmer at an ...

To help rare elkhorn corals survive in Florida waters, coral researchers should place them in shallow ocean locations with fast currents, scientists explained in a recent publication. To help rare ...