earth science

“There are lots of hypotheses for what the source of those metals could be, and this adds another dimension,” said Josh West, professor of earth sciences and environmental studies at USC.

His latest book, complete with helpful, dizzying and sobering diagrams and photographs, could easily serve as the text for a college earth science course.

In a case of medicine meets earth science, the researchers discovered that cancer cells may be made from a different assortment of hydrogen atoms than healthy tissue.

East Coast quakes like Friday’s are caused by compression over time of hard, brittle rock deep underground, according to Robert Thorson, an earth sciences professor at the University of Connecticut.

India's earth sciences ministry did not respond to the BBC's questions on the country's deep-sea mining plans.