During a brief but dramatic chapter in Earth's history about 41,000 years ago, the planet’s magnetic field nearly collapsed.

For the first 80% of life's history, the Earth was inhabited solely by these microbes. Nothing in biology makes sense except ...

A new AI model from the University of Bern predicts planetary systems likely to host Earth-like planets. It could boost the ...

New research sheds light on the earliest days of the earth's formation ... the Earth's early evolution. "This study is the first to demonstrate, using a physical model, that the first-order ...

Melting from below is crucial for the future evolution of Antarctic ice shelves. Here the authors use an Earth system model with explicit simulations of ice-shelf cavities to show how regional ...

A simulation on the origin and evolution of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) has been conducted by a PKU research team led by Nie Ji, Associate Professor of the School of Physics; and Hu Yongyun, ...

Earth system models (ESMs) integrate the interactions of atmosphere, ocean, land, ice, and biosphere to estimate the state of regional and global climate under a wide variety of conditions.

Modern continental rocks carry chemical signatures from the very start of our planet's history, challenging current theories about plate tectonics.

Martin models the evolution of life on Earth in a few minutes using the visual aid of a walk through timeline. From 4.6 billion years ago when the Earth was red hot, the timeline illustrates the ...