Turkey is experiencing a staggering geological transformation as massive earth fissures and fault ruptures become clearly visible from space. This breaking science news examines the East Anatolian ...

Learn how some of Earth’s magnetic field flips last longer than others, weakening our defenses against cosmic radiation.

Around the Balkan Peninsula, the African plate is sinking beneath the European plate. A piece of deeply submerged African ...

San Ramon, Calif., has been rattled by dozens of small earthquakes in recent months. Even in a region used to regular shaking, it’s been a lot.

Scientists have placed two seismometers 8000 feet below the ice cap at the South Pole to measure earthquakes and support tsunami alerts.

Astrobiologists propose that alien civilizations need accessible coal deposits to industrialize exoplanets and become detectable from Earth.

Deep beneath the ocean floor, ancient sediments hint that Earth’s magnetic field sometimes changed far more slowly than expected.

New research reveals the source of this carbon – and the driving forces behind it – are far more complex than previously thought.

A UT San Antonio-led international research team has identified chitin, the primary organic component of modern crab shells ...

The Earth Dynamics Geodetic Explorer (EDGE) satellite is one of two next generation satellites selected by NASA to help better understand Earth and improve capabilities to foresee environmental events ...

The real threat to a secure and sustainable supply of rare earths is not that they are scarce, but that so much is wasted.