First global map of mantle earthquakes reveals seismic activity far beneath continents, challenging old ideas about Earth’s ...

This video explores what Earth could look like hundreds of millions of years into the future as continents drift and collide once again. Using plate tectonics, climatology, and paleogeographic models, ...

A new scientific revelation reveals that deep in the Earth’s core lies a good amount of hydrogen as well as a large amount of ...

Deep beneath the Earth's surface, in the pores and crevices of rock, live huge communities of microorganisms. They are invisible to the naked eye—yet they play a central role in the quality of our ...

For more than a quarter billion years, coral reefs did far more than brighten shallow seas. Long before humans appeared, ...

Stanford researchers have created the first-ever global map of a rare earthquake type that occurs not in Earth's crust but in ...

Measurements of seismic waves over many years suggest the Earth's core is deformed and reshaped by conditions of extreme heat ...

Mountains may look like they've all been stagnant for thousands of years, but the life cycle of a mountain is actually quite fascinating. From mountain ranges in space, to why Earth isn’t a ...

The landscape feels otherworldly, reminiscent of Mars.

Rivers and lakes form a sacred geography in the South Indian state of Kerala, where travellers can trace waterways that have ...

Deep beneath the Earth's surface, in the pores and crevices of rock, live huge communities of microorganisms. They are ...