Some of the most dramatic climatic events in our planet's history are 'Snowball Earth' events that happened hundreds of millions of years ago, when almost the entire planet was encased in ice up to 0.

During an equinox, places around the globe experience nearly equal amounts of daytime and nighttime. The second occurrence ...

A University of Washington study offers new insights into the end of the last Snowball Earth event, explaining how melting ...

Earth is about to gain a second moon! A "mini-moon" named 2024 PT5 is a small asteroid that will temporarily orbit our planet for about two months without the risk of collision. According to a ...

The wacky, the wild, and the weird. E ven if you weren’t someone who got excited about science class in school, now—as an ...

The word 'nerd' was first coined by Dr. Seuss. 9. Not only were Donald Trump, George W. Bush, and Bill Clinton born in the ...

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At times during the past half-billion years, carbon dioxide warmed our planet more than previously thought, according to a ...

A new study offers the most detailed glimpse yet of how Earth's surface temperature has changed in the past 485 million years.

Billions of years ago, the fourth planet from the sun could have been mistaken for Earth’s smaller twin, with liquid water on its surface—and maybe even life. Now, the world is a cold ...

Earth's average global temperatures have been steadily increasing since the Industrial Revolution. According to the National ...