How much do you know about our planet? Here are the amazing, odd and downright cool Earth facts scientists learned in the ...

Science is essential. But the story of how we practice it has expanded over the decades to be more connected to real-world ...

Events throughout April and into May celebrate the Earth and focus on long-term sustainability efforts, helping the planet ...

Environmental science is an interdisciplinary academic field that integrates physical and life sciences (including physics, chemistry, biology, ecology, soil science, geology, and geography) to the ...

Even when Earth was locked in its most extreme deep freeze, the planet’s climate may not have been as silent and still as once believed. New research from ancient Scottish rocks reveals that during ...

With innovative approaches to life-threatening diseases and natural disasters, UC San Diego researchers are making critical ...

Asteroid impacts may have helped kick-start life on Earth by creating hot, chemical-rich environments ideal for early biology. These impact-generated hydrothermal systems could have lasted thousands ...

NASA says of Apophis passing by that it is likely "an event like this has not happened at any time in recorded human history.

Some great ideas shake up the world. For centuries, the outermost layer of Earth was thought to be static, rigid, locked in place. But the theory of plate tectonics has rocked this picture of the ...

The study of Earth science isn’t just for students who are interested in how our planet works. It’s also for those who are passionate about addressing urgent global challenges such as climate change, ...

Earth/space science teachers educate students on the four basic areas of scientific study classified as part of earth science: oceanography, astronomy, meteorology and geology. Earth scientists play a ...