Researchers have identified a "hidden flux" of material in Earth's mantle that would make the planet's overall composition much more similar to that of meteorites. It's widely thought that Earth ...

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- It's widely thought that the Earth arose from violent origins: Some 4.5 billion years ago, a maelstrom of gas and dust circled in a massive disc around the sun, gathering in rocky ...

One way of measuring net CO2 flux uses terrestrial biosphere models to simulate the ongoing processes in the atmosphere and on Earth. "Up until now, scientists in various fields of earth science have ...

Understanding where and in what quantities essential elements for life have existed on Earth's surface helps explain the ...

Tiny particles of space dust recovered from snow layers in central Antarctica. (Image credit: Rojas, et all, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 2021, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) ...

All species on Earth, both living and extinct, are related. We know this because of a biological tool called the tree of life. This "tree" takes the form of a diagram that maps the relationships ...

It’s widely thought that Earth arose from violent origins. Some 4.5 billion years ago, a maelstrom of gas and dust circled in a massive disk around the Sun, gathering in rocky clumps to form ...

It’s widely thought that the Earth arose from violent origins: Some 4.5 billion years ago, a maelstrom of gas and dust circled in a massive disc around the Sun, gathering in rocky clumps to form ...