When the rotation of Earth’s axis speeds up or slows down, which happens over decades, a day might end up being milliseconds ...

The planet beneath our feet was alive—the continent of Earth scienceStarting with what Earth science is, we have traveled ...

When Earth tips over to restore its rotational balance, sea levels shift around the globe—episodes scientists have now traced ...

The Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History is celebrating National Earth Science week with fun, all-ages activities included ...

The shape of the ocean floor alone can sustain major ocean currents and climate patterns, even in a simulated Earth with ...

Earth's poles do not always stay in the same place. For example, a region once near the North Pole can end up near the equator, and an area near the equator can shift up toward the pole. This is known ...

Suppose that you could create a K–12 science and engineering curriculum from scratch. How would you go about doing it? Over the past four years, that’s essentially what we have done: first by writing ...

The Grand Canyon is a gigantic geological library, with rocky layers that tell much of the story of Earth’s history. Curiously though, a sizeable layer representing anywhere from 250 million years to ...

This remarkable view of Earth shows the northern lights encircling Earth.

You may have heard claims that "Earth Science requires less memorization" or "Earth Science is easy." But are actual ...

There are three things that I remember from my high-school Earth-science class: the swirling pink cover of the study book designed to help us pass New York State’s year-end test, the football player ...