New research shows iodine in Earth’s early atmosphere delayed the ozone layer’s stabilization, affecting life evolution.

The Earth has a layered structure made up of the core, the mantle and the crust. Different elements are present in different parts of the Earth’s structure. The crust is made from enormous ...

The hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica only grew to 22 million square kilometres this year, the smallest observed since ...

If you like the smell of spring roses, the sounds of summer bird song, and the colors of fall foliage, you have the ...

The Earth's interior is composed of four layers, three solid and one liquid—not magma but molten metal, nearly as hot as the surface of the sun. The deepest layer is a solid iron ball ...

Atmospheric science is the study of the dynamics and chemistry of the layers ... the Earth, other planets and moons. This encompasses the interactions between various parts of the atmosphere ...

Why these scientists keep a close eye on the air way up there and will solar geoengineering help stop climate change? NOAA ...

Laid down over millions of years, these rock layers contain a permanent record ... Some three billion years ago, the Earth's atmosphere was virtually devoid of oxygen. At about 2.4 billion years ...

Michigan State University researcher Dalton Hardisty contributed to a new Yale University-led study finding that Earth’s early atmosphere hosted a battle royal between iodine and oxygen. This war ...

The innermost Earth-like planet in the famous TRAPPIST-1 system might be capable of supporting a thick atmosphere after all, ...