From the lithium in your phone to the water in your tap, Earth science shapes every corner of modern life-and this week, it's finally in the spotlight. The post Remember Earth science class? Turns out ...

About 4.6 billion years ago, the Solar System formed from a cloud of dust and gas collapsing in on itself due to gravity. The Sun, planets, and eventually Earth formed out of the cloud. But when did ...

Over the past 200 years, humans have stored hundreds of billions of liters of water in thousands of dams around the world. That corralling of water is pushing Earth’s geographic poles away from its ...

A comet named “Devil” has revealed an important clue about the origin of water on Earth. Researchers recently discovered that water on Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, a rare galactic phenomenon known for its ...

ST. LOUIS — Saint Louis University’s Summer at SLU program is home to more than 50 camps for students in grades K-12. Earth, Wind and Water, a meteorology and Earth science based camp, just wrapped up ...

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. The continents are rapidly drying out and the earth’s vast ...

The moon lacks the bodies of liquid water that are a hallmark of Earth but scientists said on Monday lunar water is more widespread than previously known, with water molecules trapped within mineral ...