In June 2018, Japan's Hayabusa 2 mission reached asteroid 162173 Ryugu. It studied the asteroid for about 15 months, ...

Some gemstones are crystals, such as amethyst, which is a variety of the mineral quartz and is often cut into gemstone form. Not all crystals get the gemstone treatment, however (just look at poor old ...

The master's programme in Geosciences covers specializations in glaciology, geography, hydrology, geology, geophysics, geomatics, meteorology and oceanography. You will learn about the Earth's ...

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Cambridge University Press publishes across the full spectrum of sub-disciplines that comprise the Earth and Environmental Sciences – everything from soil science to space physics and from ...