Microbes, after all, play enormously consequential roles in the world around us and within us—I should credit the trillions ...

Lavas from hotspots - -whether erupting in Hawaii, Samoa or Iceland -- likely originate from a worldwide, uniform reservoir in Earth's mantle, according to an evaluation of volcanic hotspots.

A new study offers the most detailed glimpse yet into how Earth's surface temperature has changed over the past 485 million years. The data show that Earth has been and can be warmer than today -- but ...

A ring could explain a mysterious arrangement of impact craters near the equator and might even have caused an ice age, ...

Human activities now account for two-thirds of all methane venting to the atmosphere, and our efforts to staunch the flow are ...

After launching early on Tuesday, the billionaire Jared Isaacman and his crew traveled to altitudes not visited by any ...

Egypt should develop new capabilities in legal and other fields related to space by building on the Egyptian Space Agency’s expertise in space science and technology, writes Ibrahim Wagdy ...

"The distribution and dynamic changes of surface temperatures on Earth are closely related to human socioeconomic activities, industrial production conditions and geomorphic features," said Guo ...

Explore NASA Data Generate an understanding of data literacy and fluency with these authentic NASA  datasets and data ...

A directory and analysis of the open source ecosystem in the areas of climate change, sustainable energy, biodiversity and natural resources.

"The standard explanation is that gold precipitates from hot, water-rich fluids as they flow through cracks in the Earth's crust ... linkage between seismic activities and generation of these ...

All students in NSM are required to complete the Capstone Requirement but there are no specific Capstone courses in Earth Science. Earth Science majors may satisfy the Capstone in a number of ways by ...