On the shores of the west coast of Australia lies a window to our past: the stromatolites and microbial mats of Gathaagudu ...

Now, a new paper suggests that the Farallon plate is still making its presence felt far from the coasts, powering one of ...

Underlying the Persian Gulf itself is a basin filled with debris eroded from the rising of the Zagros Mountains. In its ...

A new seismic study has uncovered large-scale deformation patterns nearly 1,800 miles beneath Earth’s surface. The findings ...

A flood, the scale of which has not been seen in centuries, is coming, scientists say. Can we prepare before it hits?

Scientists have discovered fossils showing that complex animals existed millions of years before the Cambrian explosion, reshaping the timeline of life on Earth. The finds reveal a strange, diverse ...

Spokesperson for the Saudi Geological Survey (SGS) Tariq Aba Al-Khail reported that an earthquake was recorded by the ...

We live in an age where satellites can zoom in on our front doors and DNA can trace our ancestors back thousands of years, yet there are still certain places on Earth that refuse to give up their ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Using modern and paleoclimate data, researchers created an AI algorithm to give insights into how climate change is impacting the length of an ...

Today, TIME announced the 2026 TIME Earth Awards, recognizing individuals whose actions have had an indelible impact on global efforts to address one of the most pressing crises facing our planet: ...

Dead satellites and drift-prone GPS coordinates aren’t your phone’s fault — they’re side effects of something unprecedented happening to our planet. Climate change is slowing Earth’s rotation at the ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: In geological layers around the world (particularly in ...