Princeton’s earth science list ranges widely, with particular strengths in climatology, ocean science, atmospheric science, and the biogeosciences. Our books often employ quantitative and ...

Around 700 million years ago, the Earth cooled so much that scientists believe massive ice sheets encased the entire planet like a giant snowball. This global deep freeze, known as Snowball Earth ...

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Distrust in science and facts has always been around. Whether it was the debate about evolution or the age of the Earth, when science and belief are in conflict, people tend to lean into discrediting ...

a 2023 study in the journal Science suggests. Below the lithosphere is the asthenosphere — a viscous layer kept malleable by heat deep within the Earth. It lubricates the undersides of Earth's ...

It sounds like something out of a science-fiction movie. For the past couple of weeks, Earth's orbit has been ... even if you have a telescope. For reference, the dimmest magnitude that is visible ...

Deep Ocean Clues to a Million-Year-Old Ice Age Puzzle Revealed in New Study Nov. 8, 2024 — A new study challenges theories regarding the origins of a significant transition through the Earth's ...

Nov. 5, 2024 — At the end of the last global ice age, the deep-frozen Earth reached a built-in limit of climate change and thawed into a slushy planet. Results provide the first direct ...

Earth is constantly getting pummeled by meteorites. We are unaware of most of them, as they burn up in our atmosphere before they hit the ground. Every now and again, though, something larger gets ...

SpaceX recently shared a video taken from space that offers a stunning view of Earth as the company's satellites prepare to deploy in orbit following a recent rocket launch. The company ...

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