The next phase in the life of Laudato Si', the decade-old encyclical on ecology, will not be defined by its author, Pope ...

New observations of the “city killer” asteroid once thought to be on a collision course with the Earth indicate it will miss ...

Clues locked into tree rings to reveal major changes in the Amazon’s rainfall cycle - wet seasons are getting wetter and dry ...

Global warming is set to exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius soon, meaning the world will most likely fail to meet the 2015 Paris ...

Supernovas happen when giant stars, far larger than our sun, burn through their fuel and collapse under their gravity.

Bountiful remains of foraminifera reveal how organisms responded to climate disturbances of the past. They can help predict the future, too.

New research links supernova events to sudden Earth cooling episodes and ozone depletion, revealed by carbon-14 spikes in ...

Pollution Time Machine: It’s not just living animals that carry remnants of humanity’s toxic footprint. Samples of bird ...

Forest fires are a fundamental force in Earth's dynamics with a direct impact on human health, food security, and ...

In my former life, I studied paleoclimatology (the variability in Earth’s climate over time) and earned a master’s degree in geology. I later worked for a green nonprofit where I spent a few years ...

Long before the Great Lakes came to define the heart of North America, a much larger lake once ruled the land. Lake Agassiz, ...

Explore the human footprint over time and how it has evolved with agriculture and innovation in environmental history.