EARTH Magazine

Media stories that granite countertops can emit dangerous radiation have sparked panic among consumers. But such fears are baseless, experts say.

A message from Geotimes publisher P. Patrick Leahy regarding the change of Geotimes to EARTH.

A handful of dirt may not be as glamorous as the Hope Diamond or as impressive as a T-Rex skull, but the folks at the Smithsonian Institution hope ...

It is a chicken-or-egg question: On Aug. 6, 2007, Utah's Crandall Canyon coal mine collapsed, killing six miners. At about the same time, seismic s...

Scientists recently solved a longstanding puzzle about Earth's climate record. And human error is to blame.

On Wednesday, the Heinz Center for Science, Economics and the Environment — a nonprofit environmental think tank — released its second assessment o...

Charcoal is making a comeback — but not where you might think. Instead of putting charcoal into the grill, some scientists are advocating putting i...

One of the most famous sources for both diamonds and platinum is South Africa's Bushveld Complex, a giant geological mishmash of ancient magmas tha...