Learn 7 fascinating facts about Earth Rotation Day 2026 and understand how our planet’s spin affects time, seasons, and life ...

Ice ages have come and gone, shaping the planet and leaving scientists and historians alike wondering about their causes and ...

Meteorologist Dalencia Jenkins describes how Earth's proximity to the sun impacts the seasons — and it isn't how you might ...

ScienceAlert reports on new research showing that Earth’s seasonal cycles do not occur at the same time across regions, even when places are close together. Using two decades of satellite data, ...

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Clouds play an important role in determining the current and future temperature and global warming rate of the Earth. They simultaneously cool the Earth by reflecting sunlight and warm the planet by ...

Ready for some serious cold? The planet's most extreme cold air will be barreling into the central and eastern United States this coming weekend "like a wrecking ball," said Weather Trader ...

Our planet’s magnetosphere has seen dramatic shifts across its history—even total reversals—but this recent wrinkle doesn’t pose a threat to life Earth’s magnetic field surrounds the planet, with ...

A polar vortex may be headed our way later this month. The phenomenon is a low-pressure buildup of cold air that swirls around the polar regions of the Earth. As it expands in the winter, it can send ...

Coral reefs have long been celebrated as biodiversity hotspots—but new research shows they have also played a much deeper role: conducting the rhythm of Earth's carbon and climate cycles for more than ...

Simulated suitability regions for warm-water corals over past 250 million years. Higher probabilities (red) reflect greater potential for coral growth. Researchers from the University of Sydney and ...