The Grand Canyon is a gigantic geological library, with rocky layers that tell much of the story of Earth’s history.

A new geological model revolutionizes a century of theories: a rigid wedge of mantle keeps the Himalayas standing.

Far above your head, in the atmosphere between Earth and outer space, an invisible process is occurring. The increasing ...

Scientists have reported that the Earth’s ozone layer is healing faster than expected and could be fully restored by 2066.

Drilling through ancient glaciers in the Allan Hills region of southeastern Antarctica, researchers from the Center for ...

Scientists have discovered the oldest directly dated ice and air on Earth in East Antarctica, dating back six million years.

A surprising new study has revealed how 40 years of work to repair the ozone layer may end up causing its own climate change ...

It’s often assumed that Earth is somehow separate from the rest of the universe. Yet changes in environments across the solar ...

The burgeoning space industry may be posing a significant threat to our planet’s protective ozone layer. Recent studies have ...

Your every breath serves as a reminder that the atmosphere of Earth is silently carrying out its function. Since air is ...

The Southern Ocean can release stored heat during cooling, creating short-term warming. This discovery shows climate recovery ...

If current trends hold, the ozone hole could shrink back to its size in the 1980s, according to the World Meteorological ...