Earth

Missions mark resurgence for agency’s earth science division

Android alerts will first run in New Zealand and Greece

Underground bacteria may be an overlooked factor in the deep carbon cycle

Study overturns the idea that humans are invariably bad for biodiversity

Life and plate tectonics may have emerged on a planet drowned in water that was rejected by the mantle

Interferometric synthetic aperture radar data have transformed earth science

With a surge in InSAR data, researchers are monitoring slipping faults, flowing ice, inflating volcanoes, and sinking croplands

Unleashed cosmic ray bombardment may have eaten up ozone, driving short-term climate swings

Mineral jarosite suggests glaciers helped forge Mars’s dusty soil

Researchers say giant landmasses form at regular intervals in predictable locations

New geological dating system could show when glaciers retreated

The mass of buildings and other infrastructure exceeds that of all trees, shrubs, and animals on the planet

They burn faster and kill more trees, analysis of California fires reveals

Researchers find that drought and expanded croplands are driving more frequent dust storms

Funding for volcano’s lone monitoring station lost as warning signs flash

Untoppled boulders are testaments to large temblors that didn’t happen