New research challenges conventional wisdom by demonstrating that mid-ocean ridges and continental rifts, not volcanic ...

Scientists from UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the Scripps Polar Center are at the bottom of the ...

Researchers from the South Pole Telescope project team looked deep into the center of the Milky Way, discovering powerful, ...

Climate change is usually associated with changes in atmospheric carbon dioxide, but our planet's surface also plays a major ...

Low clouds have lifted long enough for helicopters to ferry scientists and their gear to a fast-melting glacier on the edge ...

The two halves of the African continent are moving apart at a rate of a few millimeters each year, geologists have calculated ...

Carbon released from Earth's spreading tectonic plates, not volcanoes, may have triggered major transitions between ancient ...

Scientists unveil the first high-resolution map of Antarctica's hidden landscape, revealing mountains and valleys beneath the ...

STEM (Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) is more than a school subject. It is a vital tool for development, innovation, and opportunity in modern life. Yet, across Europe, many ...

WASHINGTON: Scientists have devised the most detailed map to date of the terrain hidden below the vast ice sheet blanketing ...

Using satellite data and ice-flow modelling, scientists have produced the most detailed map yet of Antarctica’s hidden terrain, revealing tens of thousands of hills and features that could influence ...