Satellites detected a mysterious gravitational change beneath Earth's surface, suggesting rapid movement of interior masses.

Earth has experienced many icehouse and greenhouse climates. A new study shows how they connect to plate tectonics.

For how long can the Earth support complex life before entering an irreversible zone from an environmental perspective?

Long-term satellite measurements show that Earth’s magnetic field is changing faster and more unevenly than expected, driven ...

A new scientific study revealed that Earth's North and South Poles could shift by more than 89 feet by the year 2100. Melting ice due to our planet's overheating is moving these geographic poles, ...

Material deep inside Earth — thousands of kilometres down, near the planet’s core — has undergone a mysterious shift. Is Earth’s core leaking? Volcanic rocks provide strongest evidence yet Although ...

The land beneath the former Aral Sea in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan is rising and will continue to do so for many decades. Now, scientists have an explanation that involves the sea drying up. When you ...

Far beneath central Turkey, a dense slab of rock is peeling away from the bottom of the continent and sinking into the mantle ...

At half the size of Earth and one-tenth its mass, Mars is a featherweight as far as planets go. Yet new research reveals the ...

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