Geochemical studies of volcanic rocks from Baffin Island, Canada, and Iceland suggest that some of the water dating back to ...

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Scientists used Earth’s magnetic field and atmosphere as a planet-sized detector to search for some of the lightest proposed ...

USA Rare Earth is one of only a handful of American companies that control a rare-earth deposit on American soil. Its goal is ...

Salt left on sublimating sea ice could have reflected 93% of sunlight, helping an already frozen Earth become even colder.

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Our planet’s magnetosphere has seen dramatic shifts across its history—even total reversals—but this recent wrinkle doesn’t pose a threat to life Earth’s magnetic field surrounds the planet, with ...

As Earth Day approaches its 55th anniversary, some experts ask whether the celebration has kept pace with the urgency of the climate crisis. On April 22, 1970, the United States witnessed an ...