NASA and its partners recently tested an aircraft guidance system that could help planes maintain a precise course even while ...

Deep subsurface microbes are highly diverse, challenging assumptions about life in low-energy environments. This discovery ...

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As Down to Earth enters its fourth year, the urgency surrounding the global biodiversity crisis has never been more apparent. When we launched this project in 2021, our mission was clear ...

The Department of Environmental, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EEAS ... Before starting his Ph.D. in atmospheric science at UMass Lowell, Tyler Harrington interned at the Federal Aviation ...

From the flamboyant blossoms and birds of rainforests to the living rainbows of coral reefs, Earth’s surface is ... in a study recently published in Science Advances. Microbes have adapted ...

Potential patches of Earth's ancient crust, sometimes called "sunken worlds," may have just been discovered deep within the mantle, thanks to a new way of mapping the inside of our planet.

Middle-earth in The Lord of the Rings has been described as a complex network of diverse cultures and traditions. The Dwarves prefer to live beneath their favorite mountains, while Elves can be ...

The researchers analysed oxygen isotopes from 14 samples from the Moon and carried out 191 measurements on minerals from Earth. Isotopes are varieties of the same element that differ only in the ...

Svalbard is one of the fastest-warming places on Earth. The low altitude of the archipelago's ice fields and geographical location in the high North Atlantic make it especially sensitive to ...

This investment marks NRFC’s largest commitment to date and has been termed as a “significant investment milestone” for the rare earth project. NRFC’s investment is part of Arafura’s broader capital ...

The new model shows blobs within Earth's mantle where seismic waves travel slower than usual (blue), which suggests they may be subducted slab chunks. (Image credit: Sebastian Noe/ETH Zurich ...