Understanding Earth's Crust Earth's crust ranges from 5 to 70 kilometers in thickness and serves as the planet's outermost ...

The UN has delivered rare environmental good news: the Earth’s ozone layer is on the mend, and the vast hole […] ...

Commercial space launches are impacting Earth's ozone layer. Rocket exhaust releases chemicals that degrade ozone. Satellite ...

thermal characteristics (temperature changes), chemical composition, movement, and density. Each of the layers are bounded by "pauses" where the greatest changes in thermal characteristics, chemical ...

A newly discovered, remarkably well-preserved impact crater is shedding fresh light on how extraterrestrial bodies collide ...

A massive, well-preserved impact crater has been uncovered in Guangdong, revealing the signature of a powerful meteorite ...

Rocket launches and satellite re-entries are silently eroding Earth's ozone layer, according to a new study. This could potentially reverse decades of recovery efforts.

Geologists discovered ancient rocks in Greenland that preserve the oldest known traces of Earth’s early magnetic field.

Scientists have uncovered a hidden geological process where fragments of continents are slowly stripped from below and swept deep into the oceanic mantle, sparking volcanic activity in unexpected ...

Strong and weak rocks transform the landscape through erosion, and a new study reveals that soil resistance alters this erosion by up to 20x.

Rare earth elements are becoming increasingly critical to the development and deployment of next-generation technologies.

New research reveals that nickel and urea once throttled Earth’s earliest oxygen producers, delaying the planet’s ...