The atmosphere, the ocean and life on Earth interacted over the past 500-plus million years in ways that improved conditions for early organisms to thrive. Now, an interdisciplinary team of scientists ...

Fukuoka, Japan—The interaction between the oceans and the atmosphere plays a vital role in shaping the Earth’s climate. Changing sea surface temperatures can heat or cool the atmosphere, and changes ...

The first-of-its-kind complement of instruments dubbed the ‘space storm hunter’ hangs out in its new location outside the International Space Station in this image taken by on of the Station’s ...

From a distance, Biosphere 2 emerges from the cacti and creosote of the Sonoran desert like a gleaming oasis, a colony of glass and bright white structures. Despite being just outside Tucson, Arizona, ...

Understanding Earth’s composition first requires an explanation of how planets form — a process that begins with a giant gaseous disk surrounding a star. Although Earth’s atmosphere is now just a thin ...

UCSD's SOARS simulator recreates ocean conditions to help scientists study how the sea and atmosphere interact.

For years, scientists have speculated about the eventual fate of Earth. Thanks to cutting-edge research and supercomputer ...

Scientists know some of the broad strokes for how life emerged from primordial Earth, but digging into the processes that ...

The Great Oxygenation Event, which occurred around 2.4 billion years ago, was one of the biggest transformations of our planet. Before it, there was practically no oxygen in the atmosphere; after, ...

Using synchrotron techniques, scientists have unveiled important information on The Great Oxidation Event by studying apatite inclusions in zircon crystals from old magmas. Using synchrotron ...

Scientists have found another aurora here on Earth — but unlike the better known Northern Lights, this one doesn't put on a show for humans. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Space exploration is a wondrous event as it is the exploration of uncharted territory beyond the planet. However, recent revelations indicated that though the region is unfamiliar, it is technically ...