Every fraction of a degree of warming edges Earth towards triggering all kinds of climate tipping points, and the report lays ...

New research reveals that Earth’s continents owe their stability to searing heat deep in the planet’s crust. At more than 900°C, radioactive elements shifted upward, cooling and strengthening the ...

Study warns that humans may be driving Earth toward a sixth mass extinction. The research shows species loss, but the future ...

In the quiet layers of rock, footprints, bones, and leaves tell a story of worlds lost, and of our own uncertain future. The ...

Extreme heat deep in Earth’s crust forged the strong, stable continents that have endured for billions of years.

The world is losing fresh water at an unprecedented rate, two decades' worth of satellite data has revealed. Measurements from NASA's twin GRACE satellites and GRACE follow-on missions have shown that ...

Climate change is driving extreme wildfire events worldwide, finds a new global report revealing a stark picture of increased ...

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New research examining over 20 years of data captured by NASA’s twin climate satellites, GRACE and GRACE-FO, has revealed an “unprecedented” level of water loss among the planet’s continents, creating ...

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"... a pivotal event in our planet's history." This is an Inside Science story. Earth's first continents may have emerged from the oceans roughly 750 million years ...

With only 7.5% of Earth's surface covered in fertile, agricultural soil, it's critically important to maintain the soil to grow food, filter water, and regulate the climate. Today, Bay Area scientists ...