A study from Yale and Georgia Tech offers new context for a pivotal step in the evolution of life on Earth: the dramatic proliferation of animal life, hundreds of millions of...
As scientists prepare for crewed research missions to nearby planets and moons, they’ve identified a need for something beyond rovers and rockets.
They need accurate weather...
Maureen Long, an expert on the structure and dynamics of the deep Earth, has been appointed the Bruce D. Alexander ’65 Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences, effective...
A new Yale study suggests that aerosols in the atmosphere may be temporarily holding down ocean temperatures in the eastern equatorial Pacific.
The findings, published in the...
The GSA Donath Medal (Young Scientist Award) was established in 1988 and is awarded to a young scientist for outstanding achievement in contributing to geologic knowledge...
Diatoms — tiny phytoplankton that are responsible for a fifth of all energy converted into matter by plants — may have become important much earlier in the development of...
Jasmina Wiemann is a recipient of this year’s Winifred Goldring Award which is presented by the Association for Women Geoscientists and the Paleontological Society to...
