Situated between the mantle and the inner core, the Earth's outer core is a liquid layer of the Earth's core. It is mostly made up of iron and nickel, with little amounts of silicon and oxygen ...

Researchers mapped Earth’s ionosphere, part of the upper atmosphere, using signal data from 40 million phones – a method that ...

We have an extremely incomplete picture of what these snowball periods looked like, and Antarctic terrain provides different ...

Many parts of Earth are covered and protected by a layer of organisms called a biocrust ... moss and lichen biocrust-covered sections of the Great Wall exhibited reduced porosity, water-holding ...

If you were to slice through it, you would see the Earth is divided into distinct layers. On top is the relatively ... and the core will be a reference section for decades to come.

Geologists found evidence in the way enigmatic sandstones called Tava formed in the Rocky Mountains hundreds of millions of ...

Nov. 1, 2024 — Enough landmines are buried underground worldwide to circle Earth twice at the equator, but the identification and removal of these explosives is costly and time-consuming.

The ozone layer is a part of Earth’s atmosphere that captures some of the Sun’s ultraviolet (UV) light emissions. When the ozone layer is compromised, its ability to absorb radiation weakens ...

How do you feel about automated vehicles? What effects do you think they will have on your generation? Read this article and post your comments and questions for Matt Richtel by Nov. 14. By The ...

In “Heartbreak Is the National Anthem,” Rob Sheffield chronicles how Taylor Swift has made fans, foes and even journalists part of her story. By Amanda Hess In a dual biography, the ...

That amounts to "a minimum of 500 kilograms [1,100 pounds]" of incinerated satellite trash a day, added Bacon, who presented those numbers ... to damage Earth's protective ozone layer and alter ...