Saint Louis University’s Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences offers undergraduate and graduate courses covering topics ranging from oceanography to geomorphology to cloud physics. Content ...

From ecosystem change and soil quality to hydrology and natural hazards, Earth studies have never been so important. But in a crowded field of concerns, how can researchers prioritise the most ...

The Earth sciences will become increasingly prominent in the 21st century as humanity confronts daunting challenges in finding natural resources to sustain Earth’s burgeoning population, in mitigating ...

Our planet Earth is a staggering 4.54 billion years old, a fact revealed through scientific study of rocks and meteorites.

Past, present and future climate change are the topics that require the most urgent research, according to a recent survey of more than a thousand experts in the field of geoscience. Carbon capture ...

Earth researchers have spent generations decoding the Grand Canyon, turning its cliffs and chasms into one of the clearest records of our planet’s deep past. These nine Grand Canyon facts, grounded in ...

As climate change melts ice sheets and glaciers, water is being redistributed across the globe — and could end up moving the point of Earth's axis of rotation. When you purchase through links on our ...