A new study has shown that the building blocks of life (amino acids) may have come together more easily than…
When an extraterrestrial object slams into the Earth, it sends molten rock high into the atmosphere. That debris cools and…
As global warming ramps up, expect to see Greenland in the news a lot. That's because its ice sheet is…
A NASA and NSF-supported study by an MIT geophysicist indicates that carbon emissions could push the Earth's oceans past a…
To the scientifically uninitiated, it might seem like a frivolous idea: That those slight, wispy clouds that trail behind jet…
The Raikoke Volcano, dormant for a very long time, has awoken from its slumber. The volcanic island is in the…
Great news! Humankind's greatest-ever engineering project is nearing completion. Soon we will have warmed the Earth enough to get rid…
There are a handful of major science institutions around the world that keep track of the Earth's temperature. They all…
Scientists at the University of Munster have discovered that Earth got its water from a collision with Theia. Theia was…
Think about this for a minute: We humans and our emissions are helping turn back the climatological clock by 2…