Imagine that the Earth was hit by an asteroid the size of the World Trade Center. What would happen? Scientists have modeled ...

Sixty-six million years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous Period, an asteroid impact near the Yucat n Peninsula of Mexico triggered the extinction of all known non-bird dinosaurs. But for the early ...

Some of us remember the first Earth Day, Saturday, April 22, 1970. We pulled old bedsprings and tires out of local rivers and urged a ban on phosphates that fueled weed growth in streams and ...

Brianna Hauke, a master’s student studying atmospheric science at the University of Wyoming, has been awarded the inaugural Marian H. Rose Research Scholarship from the Society of Physics Students ...

Researchers have identified a possible link between climate change and the frequency of earthquakes — and the quakes may also ...

A dramatic reduction in sulfur pollution from shipping has unintentionally contributed to recent global warming, offering a ...

A recent study revealed that 2020 was the greenest year recorded by modern satellite observations from 2001 to 2020. This surge in greenery was particularly evident in northern and temperate regions, ...

Most of us learned about the law of conservation of matter and energy in a science class in the elementary grades. It states that matter and energy can neither be created nor destroyed but can be ...

During the Cold War, the U.S. built a military base under the ice in Greenland, hidden from the Soviets. It was eventually abandoned, but its most lasting legacy is a pivotal role in climate science.

Scientists have withdrawn plans to conduct a controversial geoengineering experiment in ocean waters south of Martha’s ...

As pandemic lockdowns forced humans into isolation, Earth's vegetation was thriving. The year 2020 was the greenest in modern ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The world warmed to yet another monthly heat record in January, despite an abnormally chilly United States, ...