Earth’s magnetic field weakened to a fraction of its usual strength, it allowed more harmful solar radiation to reach the surface ...

New clues from ancient seas are reshaping what we know about mass extinction and the future of our oceans. In a recent ...

The constant deluge of bad news about rising global temperatures and their impacts can make it feel like the world is ending.

In recent months, nuclear weapons have reemerged in global headlines. Nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan approached the brink of a full-scale war, a confrontation that could have become an ...

In an incredible twist of fate, a retired chicken farmer unearthed a 240-million-year-old amphibian fossil in a pile of rocks meant for a garden wall, leading to one of the most extraordinary ...

Australian scientist Will Steffen and his team have characterized this as a “Great Acceleration,” evaluating the “planetary ...

By simulating the movement of two continent-sized Big Lower-Mantle Basal Structures, or BLOBs, researchers may have uncovered ...

A prehistoric carbon spike turned oceans deadly and wiped out marine life. Scientists say today’s CO₂ rise could cause the ...

Earth's rich biodiversity, ranging from the depths of the oceans to the highest mountain peaks, has not always been as ...

In the first and only reconstruction of ocean pH ever carried out, new research from the University of St Andrews and the ...

In the first and only reconstruction of ocean pH ever carried out, new research from the University of St Andrews and the University of Birmingham has discovered that a rapid acidification of oceans, ...