Throughout Earth’s long and dynamic history, the climate has shifted dramatically. Ice ages have come and gone, shaping the planet and leaving scientists and historians alike wondering about their ...

Scientists have long debated what causes glacial/interglacial cycles, which have occurred most recently at intervals of about 100,000 years. A new study reported in the March 24 issue of Nature finds ...

Research shows Mars' gravitational pull affects Earth's deep-sea currents and climate, causing warming cycles every 2.4 ...

Shifts in Earth's orbit around the sun influence the start and end of Ice Ages over tens of thousands of years and human ...

A new study is examining the Earth's carbon cycle in new depth, using diamonds as breadcrumbs of insight into some of Earth's deepest geologic mechanisms. A new study led by a University of Alberta ...

As an essential material for the survival and reproduction of almost all aerobic organisms, oxygen is closely related to the formation and development of complex organisms. A recent review provides a ...

Earth’s plate tectonics could be a passing phase. After simulating rock and heat flow throughout a planet’s lifetime, researchers have proposed that plate tectonics is just one stage of a planet’s ...

March 3 (UPI) --For the first time, scientists have quantified the influence of humans on surface water storage, a key component of the global water cycle. Most investigations of the impacts of human ...