Between roughly 2.5 and 2 billion years ago, Earth underwent the greatest chemical transformation known from its surface history as oxygen accumulated in the atmosphere. That shift ultimately helped ...
Rocks collected from the Moon’s far side suggest the early Solar System endured a long decline in asteroid impacts rather ...
Two continent-sized structures deep inside Earth may contain remnants of Theia, the ancient planet thought to have collided ...
Suppose that you could create a K–12 science and engineering curriculum from scratch. How would you go about doing it? Over the past four years, that’s essentially what we have done: first by writing ...
Earth’s molten iron core unexpectedly reversed direction beneath the Pacific, revealing a dramatic change in the hidden ...
Some great ideas shake up the world. For centuries, the outermost layer of Earth was thought to be static, rigid, locked in place. But the theory of plate tectonics has rocked this picture of the ...
Researchers tested a new technique that uses fiber optic cables to detect earthquakes. It’s twice as precise as what the ...
One of the most interesting discoveries about Earth in the past few decades concerns the Earth’s magnetic poles. Paleomagnetic records show that the poles have flipped places 183 times in the last 83 ...
The Committee on Earth Science and Applications from Space (CESAS) provides an independent, authoritative forum for identifying and discussing Earth system science research requiring data from space ...
Earth/space science teachers educate students on the four basic areas of scientific study classified as part of earth science: oceanography, astronomy, meteorology and geology. Earth scientists play a ...
With a variety of projects, this club has students apply science concepts while building responsibility and pride in their ...
The study of Earth science isn’t just for students who are interested in how our planet works. It’s also for those who are passionate about addressing urgent global challenges such as climate change, ...