The history of Earth is written on the great tablets of tectonic plates. The motions of plates shaped land masses, formed ...

Earth history, as a scientific topic, encompasses the reconstruction and analysis of the planet’s physical, chemical, and biological evolution from its formation ~4.54 billion years ago to the present ...

Millions of people around the world will pause on Tuesday, at least for a moment, to mark Earth Day. It's an annual event founded by people who hoped to stir activism to clean up and preserve a planet ...

Life made the modern Earth as much as the Earth made life, a new book by a philosopher of consciousness argues. That dynamic leaves humans with a unique set of moral questions, Peter Godfrey-Smith of ...

Scientists could be on the verge of discovering the explanation behind one of the strangest questions about our planet. Through the use of state-of-the-art technology, this could provide answers about ...

The field of paleoenvironmental geochemistry examines the chemical signatures preserved in Earth’s ancient rocks to reconstruct past environments and decipher the evolution of our planet’s surface ...

3. 25 Facts About Geologic Time That Made Our Brains Hurt 4. How Do We Know? A Glimpse into Geologic Sleuthing 5. Our Fleeting Moment in Deep Time 6. Frequently Asked Questions What if we told you ...

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Early Eocene forest, Wyoming, U.S. Illustration by Julius Csotonyi, Smithsonian Institution Pollinators play a vital role in fertilising flowers, which grow into seeds and fruits and underpin our ...

Alan Collins receives funding from The Australian Research Council (he is an ARC Laureate Fellow), AuScope and the MinEx CRC. He also has funding from a number of State and Federal Government bodies ...