New simulations suggest Jupiter holds far more water than once thought, reshaping ideas about how the largest planet formed.

The King's Trough Complex is a several-hundred-kilometer-long, canyon-like system of trenches on the North Atlantic seafloor.

When most of us look out at the ocean, we see a mostly flat blue surface stretching to the horizon. It's easy to imagine the ...

Learn how geological clues preserved in ancient oceans link repeated volcanic eruptions to Triassic marine extinctions.

The Mangystau region of western Kazakhstan is where the intrepid traveler can escape the beaten path for a few days.

Forget the neat, tidy narratives you might have heard in school about a stable, unchanging Earth. Just like history, our ...

Each of these books can, in its own way, teach readers how to think about Earth's history, and how to apply lessons from the past to our future.

Watchdog revisited - California's carbon market watchdog, the Independent Emissions Market Advisory Committee (IEMAC) has rescheduled its Jan. 20 meeting to Feb. 11, from 1100-1300 PST (1900-2100 GMT) ...

The last time there'd been an earthquake of at least a magnitude 3 in the area of Morecambe Bay was at Grange-over-Sands in ...

The last time there'd been an earthquake of at least a magnitude 3 in the area of Morecambe Bay was at Grange-over-Sands in ...