Earth Day often calls to mind the environmentalists and activists leading the charge for a sustainable planet. But ...

A chilling new study reveals that Earth’s future is more dangerous than we’ve ever imagined. According to a team of ...

Scientists are increasingly concerned about the future of Earth science under President Donald Trump as three key NASA satellites near the end of their missions with no plan for replacement ...

The Earth Prize 2025, an innovation contest for 13-19-year-olds, is being awarded to regional teams this week, followed by an ...

The idea that extreme heat could one day cause a mass extinction and end the dominance of humans is not as farfetched as it ...

All the while, people make lists of places in the U.S. that are supposedly more resistant to climate change. They lie farther north, presumed to be better insulated from global warming, or near rivers ...

Archaeologists and climate scientists can now show that these ... Jan. 16, 2025 — Previous studies have posited that the mass extinction that wiped the dinosaurs off the face of the Earth was ...

As we celebrate Earth Month, we are kicking off a series of retrospectives on National Academies reports and activities ...

As global temperatures rise, scientists debate the pros and cons of solar geoengineering, a strategy to cool Earth by reflecting sunlight into space.