A 2024 satellite photo shows an unusually active bloom of toxic cyanobacteria swirling in the water of Nevada's Pyramid Lake.

Philip Marsden’s latest book ‘Under a Metal Sky’ excavates the history, science and social-environmental consequences of ...

A ridiculous but instructive thought experiment involving deep time, plate tectonics, erosion and the slow death of the sun ...

Helicopters sporting long appendages are flying over some rural areas of the country, including here in Colorado. Many of ...

Researchers have discovered chemical traces of life in rocks older than 3.3 billion years, offering a rare look at Earth’s ...

The shattering of Nuna may have built the perfect environment for life to evolve From 1.8 billion to 800 million years ago, ...

Had one hoped to leave a time capsule for today’s Bostonians in the Permian period 250 million years ago, much less the Pliocene epoch four million years ago , they would have been completely, utterly ...

Climate change may seem a uniquely 21st-century concern, but people have been wrestling with the idea for a long time.

The Jinlin crater, measuring 900 meters across, formed during Earth’s current geological epoch. A recently identified and exceptionally well-preserved impact crater is offering scientists new insight ...

Geologists discovered ancient rocks in Greenland that preserve the oldest known traces of Earth’s early magnetic field.

Using AI and advanced chemistry, scientists uncovered 3.3-billion-year-old chemical traces that mark the earliest evidence of ...

Assays indicate that REE mineralisation is present in shallow clay layers that generally follow local creek and drainage ...