For most of its history, Earth has existed in a greenhouse state—warm, ice-free, and rich in atmospheric carbon dioxide. The ...

A new study finds that ocean acidity may have prevented life on Earth from developing for the planet’s first 500 million ...

Small-scale fishers do labor-intensive work, generally in simple, locally owned boats using traditional technologies. Despite ...

YR4 has a 2% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Astronomers are tracking it to refine estimates of its size and orbit to see how much of a risk the space rock poses.

Waterford native Haley Poe was crowned Miss Pennsylvania Earth in 2024. Later this year she competes for the title of Miss Earth USA.

The cool conditions which have allowed ice caps to form on Earth are rare events in the planet’s history and require many complex processes working at once, according to new research.

Scientists have revealed a new model which suggests humanity is the "natural evolutionary outcome" for our planet and is not ...

A new study rewrites the story of human evolution, suggesting that intelligent life is not rare but a natural planetary ...

Planting fast-growing crops, burning them, capturing the released CO2 and storing it: this is being discussed as a way to remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere and limit global heating to 1.5 ...

Asteroids are space rocks orbiting the sun that are considerably smaller than planets. Scientists believe they’re the ...

NASA and SpaceX are working together to bring astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore back to Earth sooner than planned.