Sea-level changes offer an independent record of dramatic Jurassic and Cretaceous episodes when the solid Earth may have ...

Scientists have found that a famous 2-billion-year-old chemical signature, once thought to record a massive global change in ...

Earth’s center of mass is constantly on the move, shifting by a few millimeters as enormous amounts of water, ice, and even ...

Explore the science of deep earthquakes, from subduction zones to seismic waves. Uncover how these mysterious events ...

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

Earth was mostly devoid of oxygen for much of its 4.5 billion year lifetime. That is, until certain processes started to allow for the eventual buildup of oxygen up to the levels we have now (around ...

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