University of Tennessee Jones/Bibee Professor Alycia Stigall is part of an international team that has developed a new way to analyze Earth system changes, using evidence from the fossil record and ...

A new study reveals how specialized microbes might convert Martian regolith into durable, life-supporting structures. Since ...

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

And how could it happen? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. This story is, of course, based in the realm of fiction, but could Earth ...

About 4.5 billion years ago, Earth had a violent neighbor. A young, still-forming planet named Theia slammed into our world with enough force to melt vast portions of its mantle and scatter a huge ...