A handful of ancient zircon crystals found in South Africa hold the oldest evidence of subduction, a key element of...
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Clouds come in myriad shapes, sizes and types, which control their effects on climate. New research led by the University...
A magnetosphere forms around any magnetized object, such as a planet, that is immersed within a stream of ionized gas,...
Plant-foliage-derived gases drive a previously unknown atmospheric phenomenon over the Amazon rainforest, according to a recent study by researchers at...
How hot is too hot, and how dry is too dry, for the Earth's forests? A new study from an...
Ozone may be weakening one of the Earth's most important cooling mechanisms, making it a more significant greenhouse gas than...
Earthquakes do more than buckle streets and topple buildings. Seismic waves generated by earthquakes pass through the Earth, acting like...
Helium-3, a rare isotope of helium gas, is leaking out of Earth's core, a new study reports. Because almost all...
Nature, Published online: 22 March 2022; doi:10.1038/d41586-022-00832-xA comprehensive tally identifies 30 trees more than 2 millennia old, almost all growing...
For the first 2 billion years of Earth's history, there was barely any oxygen in the air. While some microbes...