As Earth approaches warmer levels experienced earlier in its geologic history, it may be bad news for human survival.

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For the first time, scientists have developed a 3D map of an atmosphere belonging to a planet outside our solar system.

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By John Cannon Peatlands around the globe hold more carbon than all the world’s forests, and yet new research reveals a much ...

British startup Earthwave and a group of European academics have discovered alarming developments in glacier retreat.

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Craig and Lindsay Foreman's family say they are "deeply focused" on ensuring the British nationals' safety after they were ...

Geographical name changes can be a result of a shift in regimes, indigenous movements, decolonisation, or political factors.

Alonso Álvarez de Pineda made the first map labeling those waters as the Gulf of Mexico in 1519. Before that, you likely ...