By trapping huge amounts of water on land, big dams built by humans have slightly changed how Earth spins and where its poles ...

The new dataset, published in Earth System Science Data by 16 scientists, shows a significantly cooler Earth from the late ...

Climate change and human activities are causing significant disruptions to Earth's natural systems, including the global water cycle. These disruptions have introduced variability and irregularities ...

Microplastics were found in Antarctica’s only native insect, highlighting how plastic pollution has spread into remote land ...

Unsustainable irrigation and drought have emptied nearly all of the Aral Sea’s water since the 1960s, causing changes extending all the way down to Earth’s upper mantle, the layer beneath the planet’s ...

On the last Saturday of March, it’s time to turn off those lights, have a little fun in the dark, and make a BIG impact!

This year’s Earth Hour also served as a stark reminder of the twin crises we face—climate change and nature loss. Nature is disappearing at an alarming rate, and this past year was officially the ...

Researchers have discovered chemical fingerprints of Earth's earliest incarnation, preserved in ancient mantle rocks. A unique imbalance in potassium isotopes points to remnants of “proto Earth” ...

The seas have long sustained human life, but a new UC Santa Barbara study shows that rising climate and human pressures are pushing the oceans toward a dangerous threshold. Vast and powerful, the ...