An effort to understand Earth’s past climates uncovered a history of wild temperature shifts and offered a warning on the ...

Lavas from hotspots - -whether erupting in Hawaii, Samoa or Iceland -- likely originate from a worldwide, uniform reservoir in Earth's mantle, according to an evaluation of volcanic hotspots.

Researchers show the average surface temperature on our planet has shifted between 51.8 to 96.8 degrees Fahrenheit ...

At times during the past half-billion years, carbon dioxide warmed our planet more than previously thought, according to a ...

A new study co-led by the Smithsonian and the University of Arizona offers the most detailed glimpse yet of how Earth's ...

The new study asserts that Earth's ring formed around 466 million years ago, and stuck around for around 40 million years ...

A timeline of 485 million years of Earth’s surface temperatures shows ancient greenhouse conditions were hotter than scientists thought.

Earth may have had a giant ring of space rocks surrounding it, similar to those around Saturn, which could have led to ...

A new study offers the most detailed glimpse yet into how Earth's surface temperature has changed over the past 485 million years. The data show that Earth has been and can be warmer than today -- but ...

ESA 's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) is ultimately headed for the Jovian system, but on Aug. 20, it took a quick look at ...

In a discovery that challenges our understanding of Earth's ancient history, researchers have found evidence suggesting that ...

How did life on Earth begin? and Is there life elsewhere in the universe? Given the enormous interest in these questions, you ...