New observations of the “city killer” asteroid once thought to be on a collision course with the Earth indicate it will miss ...

Clues locked into tree rings to reveal major changes in the Amazon’s rainfall cycle - wet seasons are getting wetter and dry ...

New research from the Future Ecosystems for Africa program at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa, has ...

Supernovas happen when giant stars, far larger than our sun, burn through their fuel and collapse under their gravity.

Bountiful remains of foraminifera reveal how organisms responded to climate disturbances of the past. They can help predict the future, too.

Research reveals that we must reduce the Earth's warming from 4.9 to 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit to protect our vanishing glaciers ...

New research links supernova events to sudden Earth cooling episodes and ozone depletion, revealed by carbon-14 spikes in ...

Pollution Time Machine: It’s not just living animals that carry remnants of humanity’s toxic footprint. Samples of bird ...

Forest fires are a fundamental force in Earth's dynamics with a direct impact on human health, food security, and ...

In my former life, I studied paleoclimatology (the variability in Earth’s climate over time) and earned a master’s degree in geology. I later worked for a green nonprofit where I spent a few years ...

Long before the Great Lakes came to define the heart of North America, a much larger lake once ruled the land. Lake Agassiz, ...

Explore the human footprint over time and how it has evolved with agriculture and innovation in environmental history.