Learn more about the department's name change from geological sciences to the Department of Earth Science, including the effect on degree names and curricula. The Department of Geological Sciences is ...

What is Earth science?So far, we have peered into the edges of the universe, the interior of atoms, and the mysteries of life. The place we are visiting this time is the last remaining country on the ...

New name reflects more than a century of evolution and a commitment to understanding the whole planet Beginning in August 2026, the University of Colorado Boulder's Department of Geological Sciences ...

There are three things that I remember from my high-school Earth-science class: the swirling pink cover of the study book designed to help us pass New York State’s year-end test, the football player ...

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, ...

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Earth’s deep stores of water may have been locally sourced rather than trucked in from far-flung regions of the solar system. Earth is thought to have been born in an interplanetary desert, too close ...

The Earth system interacts and connects in unexpected ways—from the interactions of bacteria and rocks to the convective and tectonic processes that build mountains, from the core to the atmosphere, ...

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Some great ideas shake up the world. For centuries, the outermost layer of Earth was thought to be static, rigid, locked in place. But the theory of plate tectonics has rocked this picture of the ...

April brings us Citizen Science Month and Earth Day—that means it’s the perfect time to get outside, explore nature, and even help real scientists with their research! You don’t need to be an expert, ...

Scientists have recently made a groundbreaking discovery by capturing the sounds of Earth’s “heartbeat” from space. This enigmatic phenomenon has intrigued researchers, prompting deeper investigations ...