When rocks fracture in underground faults, they generate a variety of chemical compounds that could provide more energy…
A carbon dioxide removal company in Canada is experimenting with ways to treat mining waste to capture and…
Clues to our planet’s dramatic past are in the layers of rocks we might overlook. A great guide…
Changes in rock formations from before and after the mass extinction event 66 million years ago may reflect…
Ice core records of atmospheric hydrogen reveal a huge rise in concentration since the Industrial Revolution which has…
Endurance, the wooden ship that Ernest Shackleton took to Antarctica in 1915, wasn't built to withstand frozen seas…
In her new book, earth scientist Anjana Khatwa writes a love letter to Earth's rocks and mountains, offering…
We have more satellites than ever before, but when they burn up they create a new kind of…
Lake Turkana in Kenya, known as the cradle of humanity, has shrunk in recent millennia – and the…
Drill cores at the impact site of the Chicxulub asteroid show evidence that, alongside widespread…
Illustration of the Chicxulub asteroid impact, which took place 66 million years ago MARK GARLICK/Science…
A circle running along the 27° east and 153° west meridians divides the globe into…
Computer simulations have uncovered a new manganese compound that could exist deep in Earth’s mantle…