With eight billion people, we use a lot of the Earth's resources in ways that are likely unsustainable. Klaus Hubacek, ...

At the end of the last global ice age, the deep-frozen Earth reached a built-in limit of climate change and thawed into a ...

On a local level, heavy metal and chemical pollution from unmaintained factories and infrastructure will exert pressures on ...

Earth was a frozen wasteland. Then, rising CO2 caused a catastrophic thaw, turning Earth into a "slushy" planet.

How much land, water, and other resources does our lifestyle require? And how can we adapt this lifestyle to stay within the limits of what the Earth can give? A new article tackles these questions.

At the end of the last global ice age, the deep-frozen Earth reached a built-in limit of climate change and thawed into a slushy planet. Results provide the first direct geochemical evidence of the ...

The devastation of a giant meteorite impact on early Earth may have allowed life to flourish, new research suggests.

New research suggests that about 3.6 billion years ago, Mars featured vast water flows and a lake rivaling the size of the ...

Large swathes of the state have been under water for several years after unprecedented flooding, which scientists say has ...

Without something to nucleate onto, such as dust particles, water can be supercooled to temperatures as low ... They reflect ...

Each summer, European tourists descend on Death Valley, following the alleged footsteps of a famed German author. It’s this ...

Houseflies can be a challenge to catch and kill, and while many methods exist, some take a while. This strategy is fast, ...