A collaborative team of scientists has discovered that life on Earth over three billion years ago relied on the metal ...

As the planet warms, past episodes of the natural weather phenomenon may no longer be a reliable guide of how the next one ...

Paytan, distinguished professor of Earth and planetary sciences, and Lin, emeritus distinguished professor of astronomy and ...

During the Sturtian glacial period during the Neoproterozoic Era, Earth underwent periods of global glaciation, which have ...

Columbia University archaeologist Kristina Douglass is using ancient trash to uncover how past societies adapted to environmental shifts, offering insights for modern climate resilience. Her work on ...

Drylands cover roughly 40% of Earth’s land surface and play a major role in the global land-atmosphere carbon exchange. Most carbon in dryland ecosystems is stored in soils, but little is known about ...

LANZHOU, April 22 (Xinhua) -- A new study by Chinese scientists has revealed how cryospheric degradation affects carbon and nitrogen cycles on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, providing key data for ...

When scientists aboard the RRS Sir David Attenborough pulled seawater samples from around one of the largest icebergs on Earth, they expected to find a familiar pattern: glacial melt enriching the ...

Life on Earth has long been understood to run on two main energy sources. One comes from sunlight, captured by photosynthesis. The other comes from chemical reactions, such as microbes feeding on ...

In May 2023, a group of scientists gathered in Agros, Cyrpus, for an AGU Chapman Conference, “Hydrothermal Circulation and Seawater Chemistry: What’s the Chicken and What’s the Egg?” They discussed ...

ABSTRACT: Rationale: Environmental toxins constitute a pervasive and escalating challenge for public health and ecosystems worldwide. They arise from diverse sources, i.e, heavy metals, pesticides, ...