As they marked the Season of Creation, Catholics in Africa celebrated the Congo Basin as the second "lung" of the Earth and called for its protection to fight climate change. The celebrations in an ...

Researchers from the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Columbia University, along with their collaborators, have analyzed sediments from the ...

The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over the Tanezrouft Basin – one of the most desolate parts of the Sahara Desert. Tanezrouft is a region of the Sahara lying in southern Algeria and northern ...

Sometimes the answers to our most persistent questions are found in the most unexpected places. Just ask Douglas Burbank. After working in China for more than a decade, the UC Santa Barbara earth ...

The International Continental Scientific Drilling Project of the Songliao Basin has revealed crucial information for understanding past and future climate trends and for sustainable exploration of oil ...

The presence of mysterious ‘dark earth’ across sites in the Amazon point to ancient practices that can inform modern efforts to combat the climate crisis. Ancient Amazonians may have intentionally ...

Great Basin Bristlecone Pine (Pinus longaeva) trees, The Methuselah Grove icontains some of the very oldest trees on Earth. Credit – Oke. CC SA 3.0. In a harsh alpine desert, the Great Basin ...

Scientists have unearthed a colossal, fan-shaped geological formation hidden beneath East Antarctica's ice. This massive ...

National Earth Science Week encourages people everywhere to explore the natural world and learn about the geosciences. The University of Nevada, Reno's 19th annual Earth Science Week field trip and ...

Researchers from the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Columbia University, along with their collaborators, have analyzed sediments from the ...