When an extreme weather event occurs, the probability or risk of other events can often increase, leading to what researchers ...

An illustration of Prototaxites in the early Devonian landscape, roughly 400 million years ago. ... Long Before Trees Overtook the Land, Earth Was Covered by Giant Mushrooms.

Land use is one of the best tools we have to lock away tons of carbon dioxide and achieve our climate goals. But it’s also ...

A Soviet space probe stuck in orbit since a failed 1972 launch has finally crashed to Earth. At 9:24 a.m. Moscow time (2:24 a.m. EDT) on May 10, the spacecraft, dubbed Kosmos 482, entered Earth ...

Today, nearly 40% of the Earth’s land surface is classified as degraded, directly affecting over 3 billion people and causing dire effects on the climate, biodiversity, and livelihoods across ...

From the American West to eastern China, more than three-quarters of Earth’s land became persistently drier in recent decades, according to a new United Nations report that called the shift a ...