With an underlying universal theme of convection, a new textbook introduces upper-level geology, geophysics, physics, and engineering students to the geophysics behind the Earth System.

Yet despite the drumbeat of evidence, we still know of just one planet in the cosmos with life — the one you’re standing on.

After the end of the Neoproterozoic came the rise of more complex life ... the transfer of chemical elements through the Earth as a system.” The scientists reported that major glaciation ...

Life on Earth had to begin somewhere, and scientists think that “somewhere” is LUCA—or the Last Universal Common Ancestor.

Researchers have made a new discovery that changes our understanding of Earth's early geological history, challenging beliefs ...

These models – which can range significantly in their complexity, depending on their intended application – are used to simulate important aspects of the Earth system and indicate how they may ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

The Radcliffe Wave is a vast, thin structure of interconnected star-forming regions, including the renowned Orion complex ... the solar system through its galactic neighborhood and Earth's ...

Around 700 million years ago, Earth was a frozen, white sphere, its rocky surface buried kilometers under ice. Despite the barren landscape, the evolution of complex life in the oceans was about ...