The oldest crust on Earth, known to be unchanging, is actually being altered in real time. The North American continent is ...

Earth's crust today has a surprisingly similar composition to the planet's first outer shell, or "protocrust," new research ...

Imagine if Earth's history had a mystery novel, and one of its biggest unsolved puzzles was: Where did all the nitrogen go?

Deep soils vital for life host an active new microbial phylum, CSP1-3. These microbes may be key to innovative water ...

K2-360 is a newly found planetary system with a super-dense planet, likely the core of a former larger world, shaped by ...

Kaia in the South End and Taco Azul on Beacon Hill are both run by men who have been surrounded by cooking since childhood ...

Earth and environmental sciences cover all aspects of Earth and planetary sciences, and broadly encompasses solid Earth processes, surface and atmospheric dynamics, Earth system history, climate ...