Earth has a natural thermostat that has kept the planet habitable for more than 100 million years. Scientists have struggled ...

Some scientists think that in five billion years, as the Sun ages and transforms into a Red Giant, Earth will be swallowed ...

Geoscientists at the University of Glasgow have helped reveal new evidence about the formation of one of the highest ...

Science has a funny way of humbling certainty. Most of us carry a mental picture of how Earth works that was assembled in ...

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 ...

The Earth sciences will become increasingly prominent in the 21st century as humanity confronts daunting challenges in finding natural resources to sustain Earth’s burgeoning population, in mitigating ...

Scientists used to think so-called “slow slip events” were “theoretically impossible.” Now these subtle tectonic shifts could be the key to predicting future earthquakes. Federal forecasters say this ...

An undergraduate in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences will develop a program in one of two majors: Environmental Geoscience or Geological Sciences. Within the requirements discussed ...

The Committee on Earth Science and Applications from Space (CESAS) provides an independent, authoritative forum for identifying and discussing Earth system science research requiring data from space ...