While the Milankovitch Cycles operate on timescales far longer than human lifespans, their effects are always at play.

On its own, Earth would shift toward another ice age in about 10,000 years, scientists say. But humanity's greenhouse gas emissions may have radically shifted the climate's trajectory. Credit: Matt ...

Our species likes it cold. Homo sapiens evolved in — and still inhabits — one of Earth’s rare and fragile ice ages, periods distinguished not by an abundance of saber-toothed cats and woolly mammoths ...

Research shows microplastics are flooding the oceans, lessening their ability to absorb carbon dioxide, a process critical to regulating Earth’s temperature. SHARJAH, EMIRATE OF SHARJAH, UNITED ARAB ...

Every second, the Earth spins at an incredible speed, completing a full rotation in just 24 hours. While this may seem ...

The average surface air temperature was 55.81 degrees Fahrenheit. It may have been a frigid January for much of the U.S., but that didn't stop the planet from breaking another temperature record.

On its own, Earth would shift toward another ice age in about 10,000 years, scientists say. But humanity’s greenhouse gas emissions may have radically shifted the climates trajectory. (Santa Barbara, ...