Imagine a world where all the continents are merged into one giant landmass, surrounded by a vast ocean. A world where the ...

A recent study published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth sheds new light on the formation of the East ...

Countries at a U.N. climate conference are hoping to agree on new ways to keep the planet from catastrophic heating by the ...

In the distant future, Earth's dipole will weaken. Its geodynamo will fade away, much like Mars' has. The planet will be less able to resist the sun's output, and habitability will cease to be.

In simple terms, 24 hours marks a full day on Earth, or 1,440 minutes — or, if you really want to break it down, 86,000 seconds. It turns out, however, that the 24-hour mark is not completely accurate ...

Consider that 3 degrees Fahrenheit is the difference between a raging fever and a healthy toddler. Between a hockey rink and ...

It’s easy to feel discouraged as we face the enormity of climate change and the mounting extinctions of plant and animal ...

With Planet Earth running a fever, U.N. climate talks focused Sunday on the contagious effects on human health. Nearly 120 nations pledged to triple the world's renewable energy within seven years ...

The global change program Future Earth is an international alliance of organizations and agencies that was launched by the UN in June 2012. The Future Earth 2025 Vision identified eight global ...

Naomi Alderman’s new novel imagines an end of the world that only the wealthiest can survive — or can they? By Ian Wang Ian Wang is a writer and critic whose work has appeared in The Baffler ...

World leaders from 197 countries including the U.S. will be spending considerable energy over the next few days pondering a ...