Earth

Silica, a common ingredient in sand, concrete and glass, may have its origins in supernovae

As the New Horizons mission approached Ultima Thule, Rowan University paleontologist Kenneth Lacovara put our close-up study of the Kuiper Belt object into a deep-time perspective.

Can we remove enough CO₂ from the atmosphere to slow or even reverse climate change?

Fracturing of Himalayan glaciers could make them melt faster, threatening the water supply for more than a billion people in Asia 

We take a look back at some of the hottest geology of 2018, and get a glimpse of what 2019 has to offer

Experts reveal 15 emerging trends that will significantly influence plants, animals and ecosystems—for better and worse

Motivated by events like Hurricane Harvey, researchers are trying to determine how climate change interacts with agriculture, energy, transportation and other human systems

Santa has a source on an icy Arctic island!

The latest roundup of geologic goodness

Warming temperatures may be causing tundra ponds to evaporate or drain into thawing permafrost

Radar instrument aboard a Japanese probe can spot signs of gas seeping from lakes that form as the ground thaws

Millions of years from now, the geologic record of the "Anthropocene" will be littered with plastics, yes, but also chicken bones. Christopher Intagliata reports.