Earth

An important upcoming conference on women in the geosciences happens on May 21st

When jets of charged particles from the sun hit our magnetosphere, some of the ensuing ripples travel toward the northern and southern poles and get reflected back. The resulting interference allows standing waves to form, like on a drumhead.

Understanding how these breathtaking features form helps scientist interpret geologic history

The combined impact from storms and higher sea levels will be greater than the worst natural disasters in state history

To all the girls who love rocks, and the women who followed their passion despite the odds. Happy International Women's Day!

A few brief reports about international science and technology from Greenland to Palau, including one on the discovery of a trove of mummified cats in Egypt.

Warming temperatures are exposing more people to heat waves and increasing the risk of disease spread

Strange waves in the jet stream foretell a future full of heat waves and floods

Amethyst is the February birthstone. Learn why its color is positively radiant

Widespread and sometimes drastic marine oxygen declines are stressing sensitive species—a trend that will continue with climate change

An asteroid impact and volcanoes acting together could have done in the beasts, new rock dates indicate

When our planet’s magnetosphere nearly disappeared 565 million years ago, it may have almost taken all life with it