While most of us take the ground beneath our feet for granted, written within its complex layers, like the pages of a book, ...

Earth is the only planet in the known universe that has the right combination of water, atmosphere, temperature, and chemical ...

As iron is the primary component of the Earth's core, its properties (e.g., its melting temperature at the pressures found in the proximity of the Earth's inner core boundary) set an upper limit ...

These points of no return are specific moments when the planet has warmed so much that certain effects become irreversible.

But figuring out Earth’s precise temperature today is tougher than measuring how it changes. Ask NASA climate scientist Gavin Schmidt “What’s the temperature of Earth?” and he’ll tell ...

Scientists have known for a while that Mars currently lacks a magnetic field, and many blame that for its paltry atmosphere – ...

While the Earth Day movement has helped raise awareness about human-amplified climate change and has led to some regulatory actions, 5 1/2 decades later, the planet continues to warm at an alarming ...