New research reveals that Central Asia’s rugged terrain was molded by the vanished Tethys Ocean, millions of years before the Himalayas even rose.

Cartographers rely on the authority of maps to communicate locations, guide navigation at sea, and shape people’s perceptions ...

Backed by a National Science Foundation grant of more than $500,000, Pfeifer, the lead principal investigator, and a team of ...

A new global analysis suggests that the stability of many river deltas may be changing in ways that are largely invisible from the ground. By examining subtle shifts in land elevation, researchers ...

Australia stands unique as the world's only country that is also an entire continent. This 'land Down Under' experiences ...

East-west coastlines trap marine species during warming, blocking escape routes and increasing extinction risk over millions ...

New research challenges conventional wisdom by demonstrating that mid-ocean ridges and continental rifts, not volcanic ...

The two halves of the African continent are moving apart at a rate of a few millimeters each year, geologists have calculated ...

Carbon released from Earth's spreading tectonic plates, not volcanoes, may have triggered major transitions between ancient ...

The rock is estimated to be 3 billion years old. That places it among the oldest exposed rocks anywhere on Earth. Geologists ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a large space telescope which collects light at infrared wavelengths. It has been ...

Our planet has experienced dramatic climate shifts throughout its history, oscillating between freezing "icehouse" periods ...