Scientists of course cannot cut into Earth and directly observe its insides. Instead, their knowledge is inferred from the ...

Researchers studying decades of earthquake data say they have found the first evidence that, in addition to spinning backward ...

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The origins of life on our planet remains one of science’s great mysteries. Now, a NASA mission that brought a piece of an ...

Sediment cores from the Aegean Sea reveal that human-driven lead contamination began 5,200 years ago—much earlier than expected. This pollution is tied to shifts in economy and land use, culminating ...

Africa is often synonymous with its drylands that cover two-thirds of the continent. Relief is brought through rainfall ...

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Rivers began pumping weathered material into the sea about a billion years after Earth formed, suggesting continents may have gotten an early start.

Lead pollution started peaking when the Romans took over the Aegean coastline.