At the very beginning of its history, Earth was dry. How did it become a blue planet? A new theory could provide an answer.

Gaining insight could help understand the timing and process of life's emergence. A research team led by a Rutgers-New ...

We asked experts at NASA and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology what scientists know about the asteroid that could ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. By pumping water out of the ground, humans have shifted such a large mass ...

According to the study “Dehydration Melting at the Top of the Lower Mantle” (2014), this discovery suggests a “whole-Earth water cycle,” with water moving not only between surface and ...

the water cycle, the economy, environment and society. The term ‘cryosphere’ originates from the Greek word ‘kryos’ for frost or ice cold. The state of the Earth’s ice and snow affects ...

Using five medium-sized twin-engine helicopters, pilots, including Prince, battled heavy winds, while hovering 50 to 100 feet over steep terrain to drop thousands of gallons of water at pinpoint ...