Millions of years before blue oceans and wandering continents, the Earth in its early days was a molten, tumultuous planet — ...

A subduction zone near Cascadia is unraveling piece by piece. The process offers a rare glimpse into how tectonic plates die ...

New research reveals that Earth’s continents owe their stability to searing heat deep in the planet’s crust. At more than ...

Throughout most of Earth's geological history, its paleoclimate has remained hospitable to life—largely thanks to continental ...

New satellite data show Earth’s magnetic field changing fast, with a growing weak spot over the South Atlantic.

University of Wyoming geology Professor and National Geographic Explorer Ken Sims has published a new book on the application of isotopes to understanding earth system processes. “Isotopic Constraints ...

Scientists announced Monday that Earth is rotating slightly faster than normal, resulting in what is expected to become the second-shortest day ever recorded since precise atomic timekeeping began.

New research reveals how the Earth might overcorrect for global warming. For a long time, scientists believed that the gradual breakdown of silicate rocks played the leading role in regulating Earth’s ...

Scientists at Yale and in Singapore have devised what may be the ultimate acid test — a comprehensive model for estimating the origins of Earth’s habitability, based in part on ocean acidity. The new ...

The Earth's spin isn't as consistent as it may seem. In fact, it naturally drifts and wobbles on its axis over time, and that's generally chalked up to the way mass is distributed and redistributed ...