Geophysical Sciences

UChicago researchers suggest that unusual greenhouse gases might have kept planet warm back before the sun was bright enough to do the job

UChicago’s influence in geophysical, atmospheric sciences owes much to the late Ted Fujita, aka “Mr. Tornado.”

Andrew Davis (left) and Lawrence Grossman pioneered study of the solar system’s chemical origins. Their new namesakes are minerals from the oldest known rocks.

Paleontologist discovers blossoming plant diversity in 100-million-year-old specimens.

Rebecca Terry, graduate student in Geophysical Sciences, was awarded the 2007 Alfred Sherwood Romer Prize from the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology.

How old is the Earth and how did we get our moon? Learn what we know and how we know it—and what mysteries still remain.