“It’s a very different cave forming mechanism than has previously been looked at before,” Sebree explained. The bigger picture, though, reaches far beyond Earth. Because the chemistry in caves like ...

Earth Day is Tuesday, April 22, an annual day of recognition that gives us a chance to raise awareness about Mother Earth and give back to the planet and local community. Interested in joining in?

The identification was made based on fossilized teeth found in Mammoth Cave, in an area known as the Ste. Genevieve Formation, which is estimated to be about 340 million years old. Unlike some of the ...

is using data collected during the fieldwork to build a publicly accessible inventory of spectra to help provide an additional layer of information to the traditional cave map and paint a more ...

Apr. 1, 2025 — A new study has found that children exposed to higher levels of air pollution in early and mid childhood have weaker connections between key brain ...

SAN DIEGO, March 25, 2025 — Deep below Earth’s surface ... an additional layer of information to the traditional cave map and paint a more complete picture of its history and formation.

As illustrated in the map below, based on data from the latest U.S. Geological Survey report on rare earths, China holds the world's largest rare earth reserves, estimated at 44 million metric tons.

Earth and environmental sciences cover all aspects of Earth and planetary sciences, and broadly encompasses solid Earth processes, surface and atmospheric dynamics, Earth system history, climate ...