Peatlands make up just 3% of the earth’s land surface but store more than 30% of the world’s soil carbon, preserving organic ...

The eclectic collection of more than 7,600 vintage 16 mm classroom films represents an unsung genre that offered engaging new ...

Discover how strong summer storms in the Midwest are punching wildfire smoke up into the stratosphere — a previously pristine ...

For the first time, scientists have seen a subduction zone actively breaking apart beneath the Pacific Northwest. Seismic data show the oceanic plate tearing into fragments, forming microplates in a ...

When the balance in reflectivity shifts, “the whole circulation of the climate will shift in order to transport energy from ...

Many scientists call Jupiter the architect of the solar system because its immense gravity influenced the orbits of other ...

Because oxygen-bearing sulfate minerals trap and preserve signals from Earth's atmosphere, scientists closely study how they ...

Hidden deep in ancient rocks, scientists have found the surviving traces of Earth’s first form—unchanged for 4.5 billion ...

China's rare earth export controls have expanded to cover more products, affecting global supply chains and critical industries.

In some parts of Earth's interior, seismic waves travel at different speeds depending on the direction in which they are ...

Because magnets are hard, they were heated to 800° C to demagnetize and soften them prior to grinding them to dust. The separated REE residue at the end of the process can be remagnetized by exposing ...

Scientists have discovered that Earth’s magnetosphere is charged opposite to what was once believed. The area of space influenced by Earth’s magnetic field is called the magnetosphere. Within this ...