Researchers Claim When the Earth’s Mantle Burst It Formed a Land Bridge That Connected Asia and Africa 20 Million Years Ago ...

What happens beneath the Earth’s surface may seem distant, but its effects shape continents, influence ocean circulation, ...

There are indicators of impending catastrophe as well as reasons for hope 55 years after we first celebrated Earth Day, ...

In a nutshell A massive hot rock plume from Earth’s mantle helped create a land bridge between Africa and Asia 20 million ...

Fifty-five years ago, some 20 million Americans participated at gatherings and other events for the first Earth Day. The ...

They also dated another sample of iron-60 to around six million years ago, coinciding with Earth’s entry into the “Local Bubble”—a vast region surrounded by a shell of heavy metals left ...

A massive flood five million years ago saw water rushing from the Atlantic Ocean and piercing its way through ... This event is known as the Zanclean megaflood and is believed to be the largest single ...

A giant sequoia located in Sequoia National Park in California, the General Sherman is 52,500 feet in volume and is more than ...

In 1990, the environmental movement expanded beyond U.S. borders and became a global event. That was the year that Earth Day Canada was founded as a national charitable organization, and that April 22 ...

An intriguing study published in Nature analyzed water chemistry in the Earth’s oceans during the Archaean eon, a critical point in our planet’s evolution about 3.8 to 1.8 billion years ago.

For most of Earth’s first three billion years, oceans brimmed with single‑celled microbes ... “We already know that increases in marine phosphorus and seawater oxygen concentrations are linked to an ...

In a new paper published in Nature today, colleagues and I reveal secrets of Earth’s crust 4.5 billion years ago. In the process ... estimates ranging from 800 million to 4.5 billion years.