Landslides in Alaska. Air quality in Atlanta. Fire clouds out West. From the Arctic fringes to farm country, NASA's newest ...

Scientists reportedly discover an atmosphere around Earth-like planet LHS 1140b, 49 light-years away, raising hopes in the ...

Science has a funny way of humbling certainty. Most of us carry a mental picture of how Earth works that was assembled in school, reinforced by documentaries, and rarely questioned afterward. The ...

Scientists have identified a hidden feedback loop that may explain how Earth has regulated its climate for tens of millions ...

The discovery boosts the chances of finding extraterrestrial life.

Using complex climate models, researchers have pinned down the point at which life will no longer be able to survive on Earth.

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 ...

Suppose that you could create a K–12 science and engineering curriculum from scratch. How would you go about doing it? Over the past four years, that’s essentially what we have done: first by writing ...

Human activity is draining oxygen from marine waters, and it's past time to take this crisis seriously. This phenomenon has only occurred five times within the last four decades. Hundreds of fires are ...

Learn more about the department's name change from geological sciences to the Department of Earth Science, including the effect on degree names and curricula. The Department of Geological Sciences is ...