A mass extinction event wiped out around 90% of life. What followed has long puzzled scientists: The planet became lethally ...

Earth's current climate is considered an "icehouse climate" due to the existence of polar ice caps. This is important because ...

Research shows abyssal seafloor processes are crucial for trace metal cycling, influencing ocean chemistry and enhancing our ...

The catastrophic event, which occurred 252 million years ago, wiped out nearly 90 per cent of all life on Earth, both on land and in the oceans.

About 66 million years ago – perhaps on a downright unlucky day in May – an asteroid smashed into our planet. The fallout was immediate and ...

Strata: Stories from Deep Time’ explores the origins of the air we breathe and untangles some of our planet’s oldest stories.

Scientists have found evidence that the Asian continent was free of permafrost all the way to its northerly coast with the Arctic Ocean when Earth's ...

Astronomers have discovered over 100 new alien worlds so far this year — some many light-years away from Earth — that ...

Several of Mount Rainier’s glaciers are already gone, experts say, and others aren’t far behind. The News Tribune asked what ...

Island's famous moai statues are crumbling into the sea, forcing locals to face urgent decisions about how best to protect their heritage.

Scientists have traced a 60-million-year volcanic trail from Iceland to Ireland to a deep mantle plume that shaped the North ...