Earth

Meltwater is fueling a feedback loop that lets warm seawater eat away at them from below

Researchers try to figure out why every 20 years a Pakistan glacier moves roughly 1,500 times faster.

The U.S. Northeast may be more geologically active than was previously thought, according to a seismic sensor network.

April Fools' Day falls on Easter this year, which gives us the perfect opportunity to check out a rock that looks like an egg and can fool you into thinking it's nothing special—until you look inside!

The remains of a monumental eruption blanket the Oregon landscape

Buried sediments near Sicily suggest water rushed into the sea’s partially dried-out eastern basin at speeds reaching 100 miles per hour

Our Pioneering Women in the Geosciences series continues with one of the most influential women in the Earth sciences

You can’t fix a fractured and conflict-ridden world with the competitive zero-sum mind-set that has long dominated world affairs

International Women's Day is March 8. Celebrate women in the geosciences with us!

From out-of-this-world craters to glacial calling cards, we've got some very cool, hot geology!

Understanding an ecosystem means following changes in the abundances and identities of the species present as the clock ticks. The BioTIME database should help.

David Lindenmayer of the Australian National University College of Science in Canberra says that older trees play outsize roles in maintaining landscapes and ecosystems.