How a deep-drilling experiment is fighting climate change.

Scientists analyze ancient glaciers to understand climate change today.

Scientists map Port-au-Prince's earthquake zone in detail.

Volcanologists use every device at their disposal to monitor Sicily's Mount Etna.

Ancient mineral crystals help scientists understand Earth's earliest era.

An innovative twin-satellite mission is watching water move across our blue planet.

Hot times in Earth’s past may presage what global warming could bring.

How do mountains grow? A new hypothesis challenges the legacy of plate tectonics.

The American Southwest's landscape—made digitally.

What could happen if global warming melts Greenland completely?