The finding, along with the discovery of a 500,000-year-old hammer made of bone, indicates that our human ancestors were ...

Mars’s gravity shapes ice ages on Earth, new research finds - Red Planet’s gravity plays a significant role in climate cycles ...

Tens of thousands of years ago, the first wave of a worldwide tsunami now known as the “Sixth Extinction” swept across the ...

Despite its small size, Mars seems to have a huge impact on the orbital cycles that govern Earth’s climate, especially those ...

A conveyor belt of ocean water that loops the planet and regulates global temperatures could be heading for a tipping point.

In 1978, residents in the small community of Winameg in rural northwest Ohio discovered several bones of a mammal dating back ...

Evidence from fossil shells suggests that falling seawater calcium helped lock away carbon dioxide and helped cool Earth after the dinosaurs.

It’s easy to assume P. goliah and other giant kangaroos lost their ability to hop as a result of all that bulk. After all, ...

Scientists have uncovered a hidden freshwater reservoir beneath the Atlantic Ocean, buried for over 20,000 years.

Orbit can pace ice ages, but modern CO2 shifts the clock. The next true glacial era is far off, while warming runs hot right ...

Mars may have once possessed an ocean at least as large as Earth's Arctic Ocean, a new study suggests. Previous research ...

Climate can change fast, even when the planet looks stable. Earth has flipped into new patterns within decades in the past.