In the top layers of soil, microbes digest dead wood and fallen leaves, while threadlike roots release carbon dioxide as they burn energy to stay alive and grow. Together, that CO₂ output is called ...

For most of deep time, spreading ridges released more carbon than volcano chains, changing how we interpret Earth’s climate history.

For millions of years, the Earth has oscillated between ice ages and warmer episodes. The movements of the ground beneath our ...

On January 30 2026, SpaceX filed an application with the US Federal Communications Commission for a megaconstellation of up to one million satellites to power data centres in space. The proposal ...

Carbon is found all around the Earth, including in our bodies. While most of the carbon can be found in the geosphere, it is ...

But what if something out there has been sending a steady signal toward Earth for decades — and we’re only now realizing it?

Even when Earth was locked in a global deep freeze, its climate may have kept moving. Ancient rocks reveal seasonal and decade scale cycles beneath the ice during Snowball Earth.

A new study led by the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) has unveiled the first biomaterial that is not only ...

The American Energy Alliance President Tom Pyle captured it perfectly: the finding was “weaponized against projects and goods that deliver affordable, reliable energy,” harming competitiveness and ...

A new study suggests Earth still had seasons and changes in its climate during its ancient Ice Ages. Scientists at the University of Southampton been studying rocks that they say provide evidence of a ...

Climate change-related struggles in the borderlands are increasing, with numerous effects, including on migration.

Petroglyphs on sandstone at a national park in Chad bear witness to wildlife that once roamed the area before the continent’s ...