Houchin and his colleagues studied dozens of zircon crystals from the Jack Hills in Western Australia. These are the oldest ...

The Planetary Health Check is a key monitor of earth's vital signs—and will guide action for a more sustainable world.

In the whole history of Earth's climate, few events are as extreme as those that geologists call "Snowball Earth." ...

Earth’s green center has been drifting steadily for decades, reflecting a change in where vegetation grows most intensely.

For Earth Day on April 22, interesting facts including who invented it, why it's on that date, and how it turned into a ...

ARC Early Career Industry Fellow, School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, The University of Melbourne Ben Mather receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Adriana Dutkiewicz ...

NASA’s latest alert about a near‑Earth asteroid has revived a familiar mix of anxiety and curiosity about what would happen if a space rock really were on a collision course with our planet. The ...

Picture all of Earth’s oceans, which cover about 70% of the planet and are mostly made of hydrogen. Now multiply that by nine. That may be the amount of hydrogen in Earth’s core, possibly making it ...

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS made its closest approach to Earth on Friday, Dec. 19. The comet will pass within about 170 million miles of our planet and poses no danger. While not visible to the naked ...