While most of us take the ground beneath our feet for granted, written within its complex layers, like the pages of a book, ...

These points of no return are specific moments when the planet has warmed so much that certain effects become irreversible.

This false-color satellite photo from 2014 shows the immense heat emanating from lava lakes at the summits of a pair of ...

Despite their name, blue-green algae aren’t algae at all — they’re cyanobacteria: ancient, light-harvesting microbes that helped shape Earth’s atmosphere. These microbial pioneers were ...

“When it comes to the fall of the Roman Empire, this climate shift may have been the straw that broke the camel’s back,” Tom Gernon, professor of Earth science at the University of ...

But references to this have been recently stripped from NASA's website. As recently as March 14, the main page for the Artemis program said: "NASA will land the first woman, first person of ...

Professor and Head of Data Science for the Environment and Sustainability, Queen Mary University of London Nearly three fourths of Earth is covered by oceans, making the planet look like a pale ...

Science and Transportation. They wondered about the future of the International Space Station as well as Artemis, NASA’s current effort to send astronauts back to the moon. “I don’t think we ...

The problem of debris in Earth orbit is getting worse. According to the European Space Agency's (ESA) annual Space Environment Report, the amount of space debris is rising quickly. We're sending ...

The so-called LIFE mission would study the atmospheres of dozens of exoplanets with a similar temperature, radius and mass to Earth for signs of water and oxygen. "A single positive detection ...

Earth has been hiding several mysteries in its heart ever since it was born billions of years ago, the focus being "heart" here. Scientists say that just like the people who live here, our home planet ...

Despite their distinction as one of Earth's oldest lifeforms ... Feb. 12, 2025 — Researchers are designing a global real-time monitoring system to help save the world's coral reefs from further ...