The Schuler period was important for the invention of the gyrocompass: Even Albert Einstein was involved in the development ...

As the National Weather Service explains, the polar vortex is an area of low pressure and cold air that exists over both of Earth’s poles 10 to 30 miles above the surface. The term vortex is used to ...

Published in Communications Earth and Environment, a Nature journal, the study highlights the extreme variations in surface and subsurface temperatures over short distances in the Moon’s higher latitu ...

A new study reveals that Earth's biomes changed dramatically in the wake of mass volcanic eruptions 252 million years ago.

Research shows how Earth's climate suddenly warmed 10°C, transforming ecosystems and causing the worst mass extinction in history.

"Life on Earth had to adjust to repeated ... Hot states feature temperate vegetation at polar latitudes and desert at equatorial latitudes. The more CO 2 is present, the warmer and wetter biomes ...

A place this remote and isolated makes a perfect laboratory for grasping the past, present and future of the Earth's climate ... mainly been in the northern polar region; this is only James's ...

As the National Weather Service explains, the polar vortex is an area of low pressure and cold air that exists over both of Earth’s poles ... Both polar vortexes are present year-round, but ...

At present, it seems that the only places at risk of freezing temperatures, icy rain, or snow, are in north and eastern Scotland. This means places like the Scottish Highlands, and Aberdeenshire are ...

For palaeontologists like us, they are a vast archive of past life on Earth. In particular ... Thriving ecosystems existed at ...

A new golden age of lunar exploration is in full swing, and the Moon is no longer the province of global superpowers alone.