The scientists used their data to chart where and when plant species emerged or disappeared across Siberia and Alaska.

Purple Earth Hypothesis suggests Earth was once a purple planet. Early microbes used retinal, not chlorophyll, for ...

Since the first farmers tilled the soil more than 10,000 years ago, the plow has been the essential tool of human survival.

Elon Musk outlines a 25-50 year timeline for making Mars self-sustaining, aiming for human settlements with SpaceX's Starship ...

Earth Commission Report1 provides major new insights into the potential for the transgression of Earth-system boundaries ...

Animals are not just inhabitants of the natural world -- they are its architects. A new study has revealed how hundreds of species shape the landscapes we depend on, from vast termite mounds visible ...

It may sound strange, but plants can remember stress. Scientists are still learning about how plants do this without a brain.

The acid growth theory states that the auxin-induced acidification of plant cell walls causes their expansion. A model now suggests that excessive acidification leads to growth inhibition ...

That increase is compared to a baseline average temperature on Earth between 1850 and 1900 before humans were ... At 2.7 ...

A recently released animation shows a new look at a large asteroid that has a small, but significant, chance of impacting planet Earth in seven years. The animation, provided by the NASA-funded ...

largely focusing on the effects of injecting 100 million to 400 million tons into Earth’s atmosphere. The results showed dramatic disruptions in our planet’s atmospheric chemistry and climate ...

Unions have put forward a plan to keep blast furnaces in Scunthorpe open. The GMB, Community and Unite unions said they met bosses from British Steel's Chinese owners Jingye Group this week.