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 ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The Sudbury Basin, which is the world's second-largest impact crater, was likely formed by an ...

All of Earth's deepest ocean trenches are located in the Pacific Ocean, a result of intense tectonic plate subduction. These ...

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 ...

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 ...

Scientists have identified Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela as the planet's top lightning hotspot. New satellite data reveals this ...

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 ...

In a harsh alpine desert, the Great Basin bristlecone pines abide amid climate change. Among them is the oldest tree on Earth. Great Basin Bristlecone Pine (Pinus longaeva) trees, The Methuselah Grove ...

Peer into eternity by getting as far away as possible from human civilization in eastern Nevada's Great Basin National Park.