UC College of Arts and Sciences Professor Thomas Algeo has been studying the planet's five major mass extinctions since the ...

The otherworldly Yang's plateau loach is one of hundreds freshwater fish species described in 2025, new report reveals.

Houchin and his colleagues studied dozens of zircon crystals from the Jack Hills in Western Australia. These are the oldest known fragments of Earth rocks. Some date back to the Hadean Eon, which ...

Plastic pollution is more than just trash on the beach. Marine plastic waste releases PFAS and heavy metals into the water of small freshwater lakes and ponds, at levels exceeding the threshold limits ...

By treating their vision of AI as inevitable rather than a choice, big tech leaders seek to pull the ultimate con job.

Scientists used AI to analyze 10,631 freshwater fish species and found that stable, connected rivers are critical for ...

A team of experts have followed up on a 50 year old study and have unearthed an historic reservoir that could supply NYC with ...

A closer look at Earth’s history shows that melting ice sheets temporarily increased stratification in the Southern Ocean.

When we talk about the great rivers of Asia—the Ganges, the Yangtze, the Mekong, and the Brahmaputra—it’s easy to frame […] ...

A new study uncovers aquatic deoxygenation as Earth's 10th tipping point, threatening ecosystems and humanity's future. Can we still save the planet?

Earth's core is mostly made of the metals iron and nickel, but it also contains lighter elements like hydrogen, oxygen and silicon. CharlesC via Wikimedia Commons under CC-BY-3.0 How Earth got its ...

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