A new global isotopic map has revealed vast fragments of ancient Gondwanan crust buried beneath younger mountain belts across Asia, Europe and North America, suggesting the ancient landmass was ...

NASA-funded studies suggest Earth’s climate has been influenced by both the Sun’s travels through dense regions of the Milky ...

Suppose that you could create a K–12 science and engineering curriculum from scratch. How would you go about doing it? Over the past four years, that’s essentially what we have done: first by writing ...

A GPS-based algorithm is used to identify where stress has been building up. The massive slab of ice broke off from one of Greenland's largest glaciers and has been drifting away since. One day, a ...

Earth/space science teachers educate students on the four basic areas of scientific study classified as part of earth science: oceanography, astronomy, meteorology and geology. Earth scientists play a ...

India secured nine medals, including four gold, at IESO 2026 in Italy, marking its best-ever performance. Union Minister ...

There are three things that I remember from my high-school Earth-science class: the swirling pink cover of the study book designed to help us pass New York State’s year-end test, the football player ...

Some great ideas shake up the world. For centuries, the outermost layer of Earth was thought to be static, rigid, locked in place. But the theory of plate tectonics has rocked this picture of the ...

The Department of Earth Science offers Master of Science and doctoral degree programs. Our research-oriented department is affiliated with a number of research institutes and research centers, ...

The study of Earth science isn’t just for students who are interested in how our planet works. It’s also for those who are passionate about addressing urgent global challenges such as climate change, ...

Our students become accomplished critical thinkers who understand and appreciate the Earth, its resources, structure, processes and history, and they go on to apply that knowledge to careers as ...