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From climate change to species loss and pollution, humans have etched their impact on Earth with such strength and permanence since the middle of the 20th century that a special team of scientists ...

The record-breaking mission offers an unprecedented opportunity to study the geology of our planet’s largest layer.

Deep beneath the ocean floor, ancient sediments hint that Earth’s magnetic field sometimes changed far more slowly than expected.

Earth is truly unique among our solar system's planets. It has vast water oceans and abundant life. But Earth is also unique because it is the only planet with plate tectonics, which shaped its ...

The Department of Geology is about much more than rocks and minerals. Its faculty and students perform cutting-edge research on everything from how glaciers react to climate change to how molten lava ...

At first glance, Mars might seem rather different from our own planet. Mars is dry, with little atmosphere, and no liquid water on its surface. It is half the size of Earth, lacks a planetary magnetic ...

The Fellowship did not begin the Quest in the Shire; nor did the Quest end in the darkest depths of Mordor. There was no trekking through the Mines of Moria, and the Plains of Rohan remain untrod, for ...

In A Nutshell Mars was erupting while T. rex roamed Earth: A Martian volcano system was active between 64 and 50 million ...