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

The molten rock was hot enough to melt the surrounding rocks and release massive amounts of carbon dioxide into Earth's ...

Hot air holds more moisture than cold air. That simple truth, while familiar to anyone who’s used a blow dryer or walked ...

If you looked at the churning clouds near Jupiter’s pole, they appear like ocean currents on Earth — as if you’re looking at ...

Our climate seems to be more sensitive to greenhouse gas emissions than some researchers had hoped, meaning the world will ...

The NASA/ESA Cassini-Huygens mission explored Saturn and its moons from 2004 to 2017, providing the most detailed images and ...

Climate change left its signature on the atmosphere early in the industrial revolution, reveals a thought experiment ...

Earth's rotation is speeding up, causing days to shorten by a fraction of a second since 2020. Scientists predict that a leap ...

"When nearby supernovas occur in the future, the radiation could have a pretty dramatic effect on human society." ...

Save the world and get fabulously wealthy doing so. Someone really should make a movie out of that scenario, before it ...

Ancient carbon surges depleted ocean oxygen and stalled marine life, and new research warns today’s emissions could cause a ...