Long before modern climate change, shifts in the Pacific Ocean altered rainfall, triggered droughts, and helped bring down powerful civilizations. Through patterns like El Nino, the ocean reshaped ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Deep sea sediments contain treasure troves of information about marine ecosystems and past climate scenarios, yet remain understudied clues into Earth’s environmental future, ...

For decades, scientists believed they understood how material moves deep inside the Earth. The basic theory seemed simple enough. Tectonic plates slowly shift across the planet, some slide beneath ...