A new study out this week said that the Earth's inner core is less solid than previously thought. Scientists still have ...

Researchers studying decades of earthquake data say they have found the first evidence that, in addition to spinning backward ...

A perfectly preserved ancient tree fossil offered scientists an unprecedented view into a moment 42,000 years ago when the Earth’s magnetic field went haywire. The compelling 2021 study tells the ...

It took 250 years for the Laschamps reversal to take place and it stayed in the unusual orientation for about 440 years. At most, Earth's magnetic field may have remained at 25 percent of its current ...

1️⃣ Shifting shape: Scientists who recently confirmed that Earth’s inner core reversed its spin have a new revelation.

A new study has found evidence that the Earth's inner core may have changed shape. Far from taking place over geological ...

While such an event is not expected to happen any time soon, they have occurred periodically throughout Earth’s history—the last reversal took place around 780,000 years ago. Scientists are not yet ...

Wasn’t Musk supposed to be seeking to limit waste? According to two sources with knowledge of foreign assistance activities ...

Contrary to what one might fear, this reversal is not synonymous with disaster for Earth. It can even have beneficial effects, such as better protection against cosmic rays, thanks to the modification ...

If actions speak louder than words, the Biden administration’s mind-boggling throttling of military support to Ukraine last ...

Tropical forests are massive biodiversity storehouses. While these rich swathes of land constitute less than one-tenth of Earth’s surface, they harbor more than 60% of known species. Among them is a ...