Eruptions from volcanic arcs, found where tectonic plates converge, are one of the major drivers of natural carbon emissions, ...

For decades, scientists believed that a vast stretch of Earth’s early history unfolded under stable and uneventful conditions ...

NASA has completed a series of scientific balloon flights over Antarctica during a campaign that began in early December.

The climate warmed up almost as quickly 56 million years ago as it is doing now. When a huge amount of CO2 entered the ...

Over the years, passing spacecraft have observed mystifying weather patterns at the poles of Jupiter and Saturn. The two ...

Planet formation used to sound straightforward: dust clumps into rocks, rocks grow into worlds, and the rest is detail. A ...

Earth has experienced many icehouse and greenhouse climates. A new study shows how they connect to plate tectonics.