A low carbon abundance in planetary atmospheres, which the James Webb Space Telescope can detect, could be a signature of habitability.

An accordion-textured clay called smectite efficiently traps organic carbon and could help buffer global warming over millions of years.

MIT scientists find the sounds beneath our feet are fingerprints of rock stability.

The color changes reflect significant shifts in essential marine ecosystems.

A new technique uses remote images to gauge the strength of ancient and active rivers beyond Earth.

The new findings could explain biodiversity hotspots in tectonically quiet regions.

MIT chemists show the Australian wildfires widened the ozone hole by 10 percent in 2020.

The MIT senior will pursue graduate studies in earth sciences at Cambridge University.

Health benefits of using wind energy instead of fossil fuels could quadruple if the most polluting power plants are selected for dialing down, new study finds.

Scientists have confirmed that a “stabilizing feedback” on 100,000-year timescales keeps global temperatures in check.