Earth is taking in more energy than it releases back to space—a growing "energy imbalance" that is fueling global warming. A ...

With modern seismic tomography, Earth scientists have discovered that above Earth's core-mantle boundary (CMB), about 2,900 ...

A stunning photo from the International Space Station connects Earth's aurora and city lights with the distant Andromeda ...

Earth's seasons look very different at locations not far from each other, 20 years' worth of satellite data reveals. Earth's seasonal cycles can vary dramatically across short distances, even at the ...

Dec. 24, 2025 The search for life on Earth is speeding up, not slowing down. Scientists are now identifying more than 16,000 new species each year, revealing far more biodiversity than expected across ...

When Earth was a molten inferno, water may have been locked safely underground rather than lost to space. Researchers ...

P erihelion – or the Earth's closest approach to our host star – will take place on January 3, 2026. At this point, our ...

When the early Earth’s magma ocean crystallized 4.4 billion years ago, the deep mantle trapped an ocean’s worth of water, scientists say.

The world’s biggest Earth science conference had a shocking backdrop this year, with the Trump administration announcing that ...

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 ...