Polar adventurer Alan Chambers has teamed up with climate scientists to see if microplastics and nanoplastics have reached ...

A rare geological event occurs every 300,000 years or so: the Earth’s magnetic poles flip. The magnetic poles are the two ...

We Earthlings see the sun every day of our lives—but gaining a truly new view of our star is a rare and precious thing. So ...

Discover why Antarctica no longer has lush forests with giant ferns and how ancient fires fueled intense volcanic activity.

A global ocean color shift is underway, with greener waters near the poles and bluer seas in the tropics, impacting many marine ecosystems.

Earth is spinning faster than ever, and the result is a shortening of the length of our days. Since 2020, each year has ...

Salis describes space travel as “a spiritual journey” and urges African youth to embrace exploration beyond Earth’s limits ...

Although sharks aren’t the mindless man-eaters they are sometimes made out to be, experts know that staying safe involves ...

Books Received Published: 29 June 1876 The Geographical Distribution of Animals, with a Study of the Living and Extinct Faunas, as Elucidating the Past Changes of the Earth's Surface Nature 14 ...

Point Nemo is considered one of the most remote places on Earth, and when researchers got there they had a big shock ...

That’s why it took scientists by surprise when dozens of lightning strikes were detected within 300 nautical miles of the North Pole this past weekend. In fact, it was so unusual that it was ...