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Covering the science of our home planet, including climate change, geology, oceanography, and biodiversity.

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Earth & Environment

A 700,000-Year-Old Elephant Tooth Reveals the Lost Landscape That Sustained Early Humans in the Levant

A 700,000-year-old elephant tooth from the Jordan Valley, analyzed using advanced techniques, has reconstructed a detailed picture of a lush ancient landscape that sustained early humans and megafauna. This multi-proxy approach offers a new model for paleoenvironmental reconstruction.

David Grossman· Oct 31· 4 min read
Editorial illustration for Teghaza 001: 4.1-Billion-Year-Old Martian Meteorite Reveals a Wetter, Earth-Like Early Mars

Teghaza 001: 4.1-Billion-Year-Old Martian Meteorite Reveals a Wetter, Earth-Like Early Mars

David Grossman · Oct 30
Editorial illustration for Madagascar's 'Moon Rock' Reveals Clues to Earth's Ancient Supercontinent

Madagascar's 'Moon Rock' Reveals Clues to Earth's Ancient Supercontinent

David Grossman · Oct 12
Vast arctic glacier breaking off into the ocean, illustrating the accelerating melt and its impact on sea levels.

Arctic glacier melt accelerates, driving sea level rise

David Grossman · Sep 12
A vast desert landscape with towering sand dunes, overlaid with a subtle global map, symbolizing the discovery of Earth's climate secrets.

New Sand Dunes Map Reveals Earth's Climate Secrets

David Grossman · Aug 20
A powerful El Niño event causing severe river flooding in one region and extreme drought in another, highlighting the amplified impact of climate change on global weather patterns.

El Niño surge amplifies climate change impact on global river floods

NOAA calculations point to a 'very strong' El Niño this year.

David Grossman· Jun 18· 3 min
A massive seafloor volcano erupts during an ice age, releasing plumes of ash and lava into the deep ocean, impacting the marine environment.

Ice Age Sea Level Drops Boosted Seafloor Volcano Activity, Study Finds

Sediment records from the eastern equatorial Pacific reveal that ancient ice ages, by dropping sea levels, supercharged deep-sea volcanoes.

David Grossman· Jun 10· 3 min