By pairing rover data with fieldwork in the UAE, the team showed how nearly identical processes can sculpt landscapes on two ...

Rockström is a research professor in earth system science at University Potsdam, the director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, and co-founder of the Planetary Guardians. The ...

New studies, which utilized AI to monitor the effects of climate change on Earth's spin, have shown that our days are getting increasingly longer and that our planet will get more wobbly in the future ...

About ten years ago, science writer Ferris Jabr started contemplating Earth as a living planet rather than a planet with life on it. It began when he learned that the Amazon rainforest doesn't simply ...

Earth’s driest ecosystems are a study in extremes: They can be blazingly hot stretches of sand like the Sahara Desert or shatteringly cold expanses of ice such as those in Greenland and Antarctica.

The article highlights the paradox of widespread belief in the abundance of life in the universe juxtaposed with humanity's singular known example on a planet facing rapid climate change. It ...

While lunar gardens are still out of reach, the study sheds more light on terrestrial biology that may not be limited to our ...

Hot air evaporates a lot more water, so crops, forests and landscapes in some areas dry out, which makes them more ...

Explore the 15 hottest places on Earth, from record-breaking temperatures to sizzling cities with blazing annual averages, ...

Most travellers go after the energy of busy markets, crowded landmarks, and humming city streets. But there exists another ...

The new chapter of the award-winning natural history series “Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age” arrives today on Apple TV. It’s ...