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.
A new study co-led by the Smithsonian and the University of Arizona offers the most detailed glimpse yet of how Earth’s ...
An effort to understand Earth’s past climates uncovered a history of wild temperature shifts and offered a warning on the ...
The average surface temperature varied more widely and was even hotter than previously thought during much of the past 500 million years, according to the most rigorous study so far ...
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 ...
Researchers show the average surface temperature on our planet has shifted between 51.8 to 96.8 degrees Fahrenheit ...
A new study co-led by the Smithsonian and the University of Arizona offers the most detailed glimpse yet of how Earth’s ...
The scientists said the landslide sent an estimated that 25 million cubic meters of rock and ice crashing into Dickson Fjord from a collapsing 1.2 kilometer-tall (roughly three-quarters of a mile high ...
The origin of life on Earth has long remained a mystery. Cosmic dust may have helped to kick-start life on Earth, new ...
A colossal rockslide that triggered a mega-tsunami caused the Earth to ‘hum’ for days, an event scientists say is directly ...
The speed at which the world spins round slowed dramatically twice hundreds of millions of years ago, with one time coinciding ... According to the study, the Earth’s rotation has been ...