By trapping huge amounts of water on land, big dams built by humans have slightly changed how Earth spins and where its poles ...

41,000 years ago, Earth's magnetic field weakened dramatically. This period, known as the Laschamps excursion, may have unexpectedly influenced life on Earth. A collaboration between archaeologists ...

The idea that extreme climate change could one day cause a mass extinction and end the human dominance is not as farfetched ...

Earth tilted, but it had nothing to do with weird space phenomena and everything to do with how people are pumping groundwater and shipping it across the planet, a study found. The findings of a study ...

It may not be the robots that will rule Earth when humanity goes extinct. Experts say that octopuses are the most likely creatures to take over the world should humanity end — and it’s due to the ...

Rockström is a research professor in earth system science at University Potsdam, the director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, and co-founder of the Planetary Guardians. The ...

We’re living in a weird time on Earth: a period when our planet has ice. Amid persistent and frequent record heat, it may be surprising to hear that Earth is currently relatively cool — at least in ...

The article highlights the paradox of widespread belief in the abundance of life in the universe juxtaposed with humanity's singular known example on a planet facing rapid climate change. It ...