How a deep-drilling experiment is fighting climate change.

Scientists analyze evidence from glaciers from the last ice age to understand climate change today.

Scientists map Port-au-Prince's earthquake zone in detail for the first time.

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

Scientists plumb ancient mineral crystals to 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.

Watch how the mountains and valleys of the American Southwest were made—digitally.

What could happen if global warming melts Greenland completely?