Every few years, an unusual warming of surface waters across the central and eastern tropical Pacific—known as El ...

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“If we can create a model that recreates Earth with some fidelity, then we can try to apply it to simulating the exoplanets ...

(matejmo/iStock/Getty Images) We're here. We're not entirely sure how we got here, but we're here. But… what if we weren't ...

To aim for passing the High School Equivalency Exam in Basic Earth Science, it is effective to broadly confirm the important ...

Suppose that you could create a K–12 science and engineering curriculum from scratch. How would you go about doing it? Over the past four years, that’s essentially what we have done: first by writing ...

It's a dizzyingly busy time for scientists searching for life on distant planets. To date, astronomers have cataloged more ...

Through field trips and peer-led learning, South Africa’s Habitable Planet Workshop encourages students from ...

At the request of NASA (Science Mission Directorate’s Earth Science Division), the National Academies is initiating “ESAS 2028,” the Decadal Survey for Earth Science and Applications from Space ...

The study of Earth science isn’t just for students who are interested in how our planet works. It’s also for those who are passionate about addressing urgent global challenges such as climate change, ...