A team of U.S. scientists has discovered the oldest directly dated ice and air on the planet in the Allan Hills region of ...

New research challenges the idea that the hemispheres' matching brightness is a fundamental property of the planet ...

Five vast bodies of water cover 71% of our planet’s surface—the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic, and Antarctic Oceans. In ...

The S2 mega meteorite unleashed an ancient apocalypse on Earth unlike anything we could imagine, but did it also help life ...

Earth has breached seven of nine planetary boundaries, with ocean acidification now in the danger zone. Rising CO2 levels are ...

Melissa is forecast to become the first Category 5 landfall in the Atlantic Basin since Dorian roared into the Bahamas in 2019. There have been 32 Category 5 hurricanes in the Atlantic since the use ...

For decades, Earth’s oceans have acted as powerful allies in the fight against global warming. They have absorbed about a ...

The Earth's magnetic field has been getting weaker over the past few centuries. This weakening can be seen in data gathered ...

The Southern Ocean can release stored heat during cooling, creating short-term warming. This discovery shows climate recovery ...

A team of scientists has estimated that the mass of the world's phytoplankton, a pillar of the global ecosystem, is equal to ...

A study led by researchers from the University of Sydney and the University of Adelaide has revealed how the breakup of an ...

Before sunlight ever reached the planet, another force may have sparked life—electricity. Deep beneath the ocean floor, ...