Emerging evidence suggests that plate tectonics, or the recycling of Earth's crust, may have begun much earlier than previously thought — and may be a big reason that our planet harbors life.

Scientists have discovered an Earth-like planet orbiting a dead star 4,000 light years from here, giving us a humbling glimpse into Earth's likely fate.Published in Nature Astronomy, the planet, ...

A United Nations report this year said that since the mid-1800s on average, the world has already heated up 2.3 degrees ...

Welcome to the Earth Squad! Complete the missions set by the Squad Captains. You’ll need to use your knowledge of the living world as you answer questions about plants, animals and the human body.

A series of rocks hiding around Colorado's Rocky Mountains may hold clues to a frigid period in Earth's past when glaciers several miles thick covered the entire planet.

Even as Earth sets new heat records, humanity this year is pumping 330 million tons (300 million metric tons) more carbon ...

Data from NISAR will improve our understanding of such phenomena as earthquakes, volcanoes, and landslides, as well as damage ...

Ella Beatty looked relaxed as she stepped out in New York City on Tuesday. The Appropriate actress, 24, bundled up in the ...

Earth’s warming could trigger sweeping changes in the natural world that would be hard, if not impossible, to reverse. At the U.N. climate conference in Azerbaijan, world leaders are gathered in ...

How Life Began on Earth: Modeling Earth's Ancient Atmosphere Oct. 31, 2024 — This model reveals how vastly different the atmosphere was on ancient Earth, and how life may have first ...

A new study in Nature Communications finds that limiting global warming to 1.5 °C is still possible, but some countries ...