A long-lost slab of Earth’s crust may be pulling away the bottom of the oldest part of North America, scientists say ...

Scientists have discovered that a portion of the North American craton is slowly dripping into Earth's mantle, challenging ...

The NISAR satellite uses dual-frequency radar for unprecedented Earth observation, aiding climate change research & disaster ...

As climate change melts ice sheets and glaciers, water is being redistributed across the globe — and could end up moving the ...

Earth's geographic North and South poles are at risk of shifting from their position by as much as 90 feet due to climate ...

Greenland’s ice-covered landscape looks like an immovable block on satellite maps. Yet the story beneath its center suggests ...

To build the TerraMesh dataset that underpins TerraMind, IBM’s researchers compiled data on everything from biomes to land ...

About 41,000 years ago, Homo sapiens may have survived increased solar radiation caused by a weakening magnetic field by ...

Project-based learning and a modular class design help students from various backgrounds and universities gain hands-on ...

Imagine waking up one morning to a world where compasses point south instead of north, where auroras shimmer across the ...

Since its touchdown in Jezero Crater in February 2021, NASA’s Perseverance rover has steadily explored Martian rocks. From ...

The compass retains a sense of romance. It’s pleasingly approximate, twitchy and impulsive. It feels alive in a ...