Earth

Scientists have discovered a previously unknown environmental source of nitrogen

Underwater microphones can glean valuable data from the burbles and pops of thawing glaciers and icebergs

Edinburgh University paleontologist Steve Brusatte talks about his May 2018 Scientific American article, "The Unlikely Triumph of the Dinosaurs," and his new book, The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World.

With interest in such research rising, and the risks uncertain, that conservation needs to start now

The terms asteroid, meteor, meteorite and even comet are often used interchangeably...but what is the difference?

Despite a long-standing international ban, ozone-destroying chlorofluorocarbons are surging back into Earth’s atmosphere from unknown sources

A giant 1924 explosion, when steam jets blew boulders from the summit, had many of the precursors we see now

Young, thin sea ice melts faster, putting Arctic ecosystems in danger

Sediment records have confirmed that Jupiter and Venus change Earth's orbit from virtually circular to noticeably elliptical and back every 405,000 years. Christopher Intagliata reports.

Take a voyage on the Beagle and investigate a very special type of basalt with Charles Darwin himself

We don't review enough children's books around here. I'm changing that in the most explosive, dramatic way possible.

A picturesque waterfall tells a heated geologic story