The very air we breathe, composed of approximately 21% oxygen, is the lifeblood of our planet. It sustains everything from microscopic organisms to towering redwoods and, of course, humanity. But what ...

It's no secret that Earth is doomed. Sure, there's the threat of climate change and the fact that sea levels are rising around the world. But that's not what we're talking about. Instead, our planet's ...

Oxygen is one of the many components that make life on Earth possible. However, a new study says that an extreme drop in oxygen could one day suffocate most of the life on our planet. Luckily, that ...

Oxygen is paramount for the survival of many beings on Earth. Therefore, when a team of researchers found that oxygen levels on Earth are in danger of dropping by a millionfold, they were evidently ...

Climate change is extending far beyond the threat of melting polar ice caps -- it's putting a dangerous stranglehold on life in oceans, too. A new study published in the science journal Nature ...

Oxygen levels in the Earth's atmosphere are likely to have 'fluctuated wildly' one billion years ago, creating conditions that could have accelerated?the development of early animal life, according to ...