Explaining dramatic planetwide changes after world's last 'Snowball Earth' event
Some of the most dramatic climatic events in our planet's history are "Snowball Earth" events that happened hundreds of ...
Earth Is Getting a ‘Second Moon’ for the Next 2 Months. Here’s What It Means for Your Sign
But the universe is throwing things for a loop by introducing a “second moon” for the next two months. In reality, it’s ...
The Earth used to be much hotter. Why that’s bad news for people now.
An effort to understand Earth’s past climates uncovered a history of wild temperature shifts and offered a warning on the ...
Study charts how Earth's global temperature has drastically changed over the past 485 million years, driven by CO₂
A new study co-led by the Smithsonian and the University of Arizona offers the most detailed glimpse yet of how Earth's ...
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In a Landmark Study, Scientists Discover Just How Much Earth’s Temperature Has Changed Over Nearly 500 Million Years
Researchers show the average surface temperature on our planet has shifted between 51.8 to 96.8 degrees Fahrenheit ...
Prehistoric Earth Was Very Hot. That Offers Clues About Future Earth.
At times during the past half-billion years, carbon dioxide warmed our planet more than previously thought, according to a ...
Earth Is Set to Have Another Moon in Its Orbit—What That Means
A new mini-moon—referred to scientifically as 2024 PT5—is set to make a two-month orbit around the Earth this fall. Here’s ...
Earth may have once had rings like Saturn
Earth may have had rings. At least that's what a new study published this month claims. Here's what we know so far.
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Over nearly half a billion years, Earth's global temperature has changed drastically, driven by carbon dioxide
A new study offers the most detailed glimpse yet into how Earth's surface temperature has changed over the past 485 million years. The data show that Earth has been and can be warmer than today -- but ...
Marvel At This NASA Rover Image Of Earth And Mars Moon Phobos
A Mars scientist shares the inside story of the NASA Curiosity rover's poignant first photo of Earth and Mars moon Phobos ...
New book details how life created the Earth as we know it
Life made the modern Earth as much as the Earth made life, a new book by a philosopher of consciousness argues. That dynamic ...
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New research reenvisions Earth's mantle as a relatively uniform reservoir
Lavas from hotspots - -whether erupting in Hawaii, Samoa or Iceland -- likely originate from a worldwide, uniform reservoir in Earth's mantle, according to an evaluation of volcanic hotspots.