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

A study of fossils from the Permian-Triassic extinction event 252 million years ago shows that forests in many parts of the ...

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

Scientists have identified mysterious 'blobs' about 1,200 miles under the Earth's surface that could cause massive volcanic ...

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

A mass extinction event wiped out around 90% of life. What followed has long puzzled scientists: The planet became lethally hot for 5 million years. Researchers say they have figured out why using a ...

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

Mantle plumes are important geologic processes—they interact with plate tectonics, create rich mineral deposits, and even ...

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, ...

The meteor’s impact triggered a cascade of effects. It kicked up so much dust that the sky darkened. As the sun dimmed, temperatures plunged and conditions became wintry around the globe. With little ...

Reconstruction of ocean pH finds rapid acidification of oceans caused by massive and sudden CO2 rise caused a mass extinction event 201 million years ago ...

The Late Devonian represents a critical interval in Earth’s history, marked by a profound restructuring of marine biodiversity and a series of mass extinction events. This period witnessed ...