geoscience

Erosion is the process by which soil and rock are detached and moved from one location to another by natural forces such as water, wind, ice, and gravity. Deposition is the proc...

The asthenosphere is the plastic-like, mechanically weak layer of Earth situated below the lithosphere, typically from about 80 to 200 kilometers depth. Its semi-fluid behavior...

The Andes Mountains and the Peru-Chile Trench form a defining tectonic pair on the western edge of South America. The Peru-Chile Trench, a deep oceanic trench created by the sub...

In 2018, a massive plume of mineral dust lifted from the Sahara and traveled across the Atlantic, affecting air quality, ecosystems, and weather from North Africa to the Caribbe...

Dinosaurs in Arizona were part of dynamic terrestrial and coastal environments across the Mesozoic Era, leaving behind fossils at sites scattered from the Painted Desert to the...