The melting of ice sheets causing increased sea levels pushed Earth’s days a little longer. Modern climate change is only ...

Space junk returning to Earth is introducing metal pollution to the pristine upper atmosphere as it burns up on re-entry, a new study has found. Published today in the journal Communications Earth & ...

In 2007, public awareness of climate change was sharpening. Scientific consensus on the culprit – human greenhouse gas ...

Carbon released from Earth's spreading tectonic plates, not volcanoes, may have triggered major transitions between ancient ice ages and warm climates, new research finds. Published in Communications ...

A massive solar storm in May 2024 gave scientists an unprecedented look at how Earth’s protective plasma layer collapses under intense space weather. With the Arase satellite in a perfect observing ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: It used to be thought that there were more volatiles than expected in lunar soil because they escaped Earth before it had a stable magnetic field.

Every year, millions of people around the world take part in a simple yet powerful act: turning off their lights for one hour ...