Sulfur is a critical component of Earth’s surface evolution owing to its dynamic roles as a redox buffer and nutrient as well as forming the basis for some of Earth’s earliest metabolisms. In this ...

Scientists have recovered the first long section of rocks that originated in the Earth's mantle, the layer below the crust and the planet's largest component. The rocks will help unravel the mantle's ...

Two records of Earth history capture the evolution of life and its co-evolving ecosystems with interpretable fidelity: the geobiological and geochemical traces preserved in rocks and the evolutionary ...

The history of the Earth is written on the great tablets of tectonic plates. The motions of plates shaped land masses, formed oceans, and created the varied climates and habitats that set the stage ...

Smithsonian researcher Wriju Chowdhury is part of an expedition searching for 4-billion-year-old crystals that could uncover the secrets behind Earth’s early history Emma Saaty A remote geologic ...

New reconstructions of 540 million years of climate history show the planet tumbling between icehouse and hothouse states, revealing how rare and vulnerable our temperate moment is. Some 4 billion ...

The Whole History of the Earth and Life is a documentary which portrays the birth of the solar system, the birth of the Earth, and the emergence and evolution of life on Earth.

Geophysicists have modeled how Earth’s magnetic field could form even when its core was fully liquid. By removing the effects of viscosity in their simulation, they revealed a self-sustaining dynamo ...

Introduction / Robert A. Phinney -- [The upper mantle] -- Upper mantle chemistry and evolution of the earth's crust / Paul W. Gast -- The geophysical importance of high-temperature creep / Dan P.

Bacteria are the most diverse organisms on Earth, with a number of species that's difficult to quantify. They're also incredibly old Bacteria consist of a single cell. They do not have bones and are ...