Ancient eruptions may have triggered conditions for oxygen ‘whiffs’ in the atmosphere In a nutshell Massive volcanic events ...

Namely, a group of primitive amphibians called the temnospondyls. They may have survived the Great Dying by feeding on some ...

To uncover this hidden biosphere, researchers used a novel extraction ... The implications of this discovery extend far ...

After months aboard the International Space Station, Ron Garan shares a perspective that challenges our earthly priorities.

Research opportunities are available for students to work with our faculty studying the Earth’s complex evolving systems and the interrelations among the lithosphere, the hydrosphere, the cryosphere, ...

which defines a research agenda for a sustainable biosphere, earth stewardship uses sustainability science to shape pathways toward MDG goals during a time of rapid social-ecological change. Examples ...

Daniel Brady Mills research primarily concerns the co-evolution of the Proterozoic biosphere (Earth’s ‘middle age,’ 2.5-0.541 billion years ago) and eukaryotic life. Jason Wright studies ...

Four seasonal deep water intrusion regimes, two wind-driven and two buoyancy-driven, exist on the Antarctic continental shelf, according to an eddy-resolving model of the Southern Ocean. Increased ...

Vegetation has been a key part of the Earth's surface for only about 450 million years. With the progression of the terrestrial landscape from bare surfaces to widespread coverage by plants ...