Global warming is moving faster than the best models can keep a handle on. Fifty years into the project of modeling Earth’s ...

Core concepts and research tools from atmospheric science, hydrology, ecology, and geochemistry are reviewed and discussed within the context of major research thrusts. Emphasis will be placed on ...

Whether as a sponsor or donor, a member or volunteer, or an employee or fellow, you can make a difference. To consider how an Earth system science approach can inform research on climate intervention, ...

In a surprising twist on our planet’s ancient history, scientists are now suggesting that Earth might once have had a ring ...

Over 4.6 billion years ago, the early Earth emerged from a swirling disk of gas and dust encircling the young sun. This ...

The Mars Sample Return effort was billions of dollars over budget and not expected to return to Earth with its samples until 2040.

A researcher has used advanced models that indicate that the formation of Pluto and Charon may parallel that of the Earth-Moon system. Both systems include a moon that is a large fraction of the size ...

We are adopting several Earth system models (ESMs) ranging from GENIE, as an intermediate complexity ESM, through to CESM(CLM) and UKESM(JULES), as full complexity, high-resolution ESMs, to ...

The water that makes up the oceans acted as a key ingredient for the development of life on Earth. However, scientists still ...

A collection of down-to-Earth facts about our planet and its place in the solar system. This collection ... Primary Focus Science and Science Clips, Earth, Sun and Moon. Our main source of natural ...

Computer simulations of the gravitational interactions of solar system bodies ... of a distant Earth-mass planet would have profound implications for planetary science. “We would need to refine ...

Once thought to be 8 billion years old, the star HD 110067 — famous for its six synchronized exoplanets — may be only 2.5 ...