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MIT researchers have confirmed that Earth harbors a “stabilizing feedback” mechanism that acts over hundreds of thousands of years to keep global temperatures within a steady, habitable range.

Whether spending late nights at the observatory or working on animated films, MIT senior Skylar Larsen is reaching for the stars.

The village of Zumaia, on the Basque Coast (north coast) of Spain, hosted a meeting recently (October 26-28, 2022) of the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS), the 60th anniversary of the IUGS, with representatives from over 40 counties. The...

A new study by Virginia Tech geobiologists traces the cause of the first known mass extinction of animals to decreased global oxygen availability, leading to the loss of a majority of animals present near the end of the Ediacaran Period some 550 million years ago.

On Monday, RJ Hinde, interim dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, sent an email to staff announcing members of a new divisional structure task force. The team is

A large area of warmth underneath the states of Vermont and New Hampshire suggests that a huge volcano could blow in a few million years. Researchers have

New alliance between Harvard Data Science Initiative and Amazon Web Services set to transform how faculty use data to solve the world’s biggest problems.

Hot off the press! Read all about a newly discovered ultra-short period, massive Super-Earth that lives in middle of the radius valley.

The abundant ocean microbe Prochlorococcus may be more of a mixotroph than it lets on. Long thought to rely solely on photosynthesis, the microbe may get as much as one-third of its carbon through a second strategy: consuming the dissolved remains of other dead microbes.

WASHINGTON , Nov. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA will host a community townhall at 12 p.m. EDT on Friday, Nov. 4, followed by a media teleconference...