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 ...
Scientists have identified a promising new way to detect life on faraway planets, hinging on worlds that look nothing like ...
A new study by Rice University researchers Sho Shibata and Andre Izidoro presents a compelling new model for the formation of ...
This collection highlights the most downloaded* Nature Communications papers in Earth, environmental and planetary sciences published in 2024. Featuring authors from around the world, these ...
"These are normal timescales on the Earth. If life evolves with the planet, then it will evolve on a planetary time scale at a planetary pace." Wright explained that part of the reason that the ...
When a mudflat crumbles on Earth, or an ice sheet splinters on one of Jupiter's moons (Europa), or an ancient lakebed breaks ...
with all seven of our planetary neighbors visible from Earth. So what does such a planetary alignment mean for science? Well, truthfully, not much. A planetary alignment occurs "when the planets ...