Lightning near the North Pole reveals dramatic climate changes as Arctic temperatures rise and storms intensify.

The Tara Polar Station, a $23 million research vessel with a crew of 12, will drift across the Arctic ice to enable better ...

The Plasma Apocalypse Our planet's magnetic shield is deteriorating rapidly, creating a dangerous vulnerability to solar ...

A giant sequoia located in Sequoia National Park in California, the General Sherman is 52,500 feet in volume and is more than ...

A new study suggests the extinction of Neanderthals nearly coincided with a shift in Earth's magnetic field that let more ...

A 2D representation of Earth, such as a chart or map, can mislead us when visualizing long international routes.

( NewsNation) — Research from the University of Michigan shows that ancient Homo sapiens may have benefitted from the use of ...

About 41,000 years ago, Homo sapiens may have survived increased solar radiation caused by a weakening magnetic field by ...

Around 41,000 years ago, Earth’s magnetic field underwent a chaotic shift that temporarily weakened the planet’s natural ...

New research from the University of Michigan suggests that early Homo sapiens may have survived this event by using clever ...

A new explanation has emerged for why Homo sapiens survived in Europe and North Asia when the apparently better-adapted ...

Ancient Homo sapiens may have benefited from sunscreen, tailored clothes and the use of caves during the shifting of the ...