A new study offers the most detailed glimpse yet into how Earth's surface temperature has changed over the past 485 million years. The data show that Earth has been and can be warmer than today -- but ...

The word "atlas," may conjure images of giant books chock full of maps and a dizzying array of facts and figures. However, ...

Scientists have solved the mystery of a puzzling seismic disturbance. First, there was an avalanche. Then, there was a ...

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Earth may have had a Saturn-like ring system long ago, created from the debris of a passing asteroid that our planet tore ...

The destruction of nature is a global crisis. Establishing protected areas of forest is a common policy governments use to ...

Around the world, research on climate change and agriculture has revealed a complex two-way relationship. Global agriculture is a major driver of ...

This is the second installment of a two-part series about the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission. Read part one here. Elevation ...

It took feats of engineering and deft piloting to map the planet’s topography, an achievement that continues to pay dividends ...

Indiana University researchers have uncovered key insights into the dangerous phenomenon of "river avulsion," offering a way ...

These are the partsof the earth that are close to the Equator ... all the different weather patterns around the world This ...

Typhoon Chanthu lashed East Asia in 2021. At one point, winds reached 170 mph, making it one of the strongest storms of the ...