Featured series 
Tag: Earth and Planetary Science
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Nation & World
Life on Mars?
A study of magnetic fields suggests the Red Planet held water for longer than previously believed.
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Nation & World
5 faculty members named Harvard College Professors
They are recognized for excellence in teaching in fields ranging from biophysics to cultural studies.
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Nation & World
Did rising seas drive Vikings out of Greenland?
A new geophysical analysis helps fill gaps in an archeological puzzle: why Norse vanished in the 15th century.
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Nation & World
How the moon came to be
A fourth-year graduate student in the lab of Professor of Geochemistry Stein Jacobsen, Yaray Ku is working on a project aimed at understanding how the moon formed, and to do it, she’s working with actual lunar samples.
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Nation & World
A measure of success for groundwater storage
A recent study used seismic noise to measure the size and water levels in underground aquifers, focusing on California’s San Gabriel Valley aquifer, which had to meet the demands of 1 million people during a five-year drought.
