A study of fossils from the Permian-Triassic extinction event 252 million years ago shows that forests in many parts of the world were wiped out, disrupting the carbon cycle and ensuring that Earth re ...

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

Starlink already accounts for 40% of all the satellites ever launched, and each one releases harmful aluminum oxides when ...

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

An unexpectedly strong solar storm rocked our planet on April 23, 2023, sparking auroras as far south as southern Texas in ...

The growth rate of the atmospheric abundance of methane (CH 4) reached a record high of 15.4 ppb yr −1 between 2020 and 2022, but the mechanisms driving the accelerated CH 4 growth have so far been ...

Researchers in China have developed a way of locating giant "equatorial plasma bubbles" in the ionosphere by analyzing the ...

There is currently a 4.3% chance that the giant space rock 2024 YR4 will hit the moon in seven years. If this does happen, ...

Solar flares can reshape exoplanet atmospheres within days, affecting temperature, winds, and potential habitability.

The zebra-like striped patterns that spontaneously appear in rocks are characterized by periodic self-organized red-brown bands consisting of iron oxide minerals. Although the formation of periodic ...

A new congressionally mandated report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine examines the ...

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