Beneath the surface of our gardens, parks, and forests, an unseen army works day and night, sculpting the very ground we walk ...

Using data compiled from single earthquakes across the world, Christie Rowe of the Nevada Seismological Laboratory at the University of Nevada, Reno and Alex Hatem of the U.S. Geological Survey sought ...

In a study co-authored by a Texas A&M University scientist, researchers have revealed new insights into the geological ...

A study published in the journal Nature Geoscience has revealed a subtle yet significant phenomenon beneath the North ...

Researchers are now trying to understand the "innermost inner core" of the Earth by studying how seismic waves travel through ...

The Earth Sciences contribute to answers on a wide range of societal and economic questions in areas such as: the natural means of existence (water, raw materials, the energy transition), the ...

It’s not much of a stretch to say that Earth’s inner structure, especially the innermost spherical core, has stupefied scientists for generations. It sits over 3,000 miles below the surface, smaller ...

However, some of Earth’s oldest fish called coelacanths make it out unscathed. Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 There was likely not a single definitive cause of this period of mass ...

An ancient and enormous organism called Prototaxites, initially found to be a type of fungus, may actually be an unknown branch of life, researchers say.

There could be billions more people living on Earth than currently thought, according to a new study which claims rural figures worldwide could be vastly underestimated. Currently, the UN ...

New research sheds light on the earliest days of the earth's formation and potentially calls into question some earlier assumptions in planetary science about the early years of rocky planets.

New research led by a York University professor sheds light on the earliest days of Earth's formation and potentially calls into question some earlier assumptions in planetary science about the ...