In the whole history of Earth's climate, few events are as extreme as those that geologists call "Snowball Earth." ...

Every year on April 22, people across the world unite to mark Earth Day, organising events and raising awareness of environmental threats. Earth Day is celebrated with a mission of broadening, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New satellite data reveal Earth’s Northern Hemisphere is absorbing more solar energy than the South, threatening to disrupt global ...

This year’s Earth Hour also served as a stark reminder of the twin crises we face—climate change and nature loss. Nature is disappearing at an alarming rate, and this past year was officially the ...

Seven years ago, the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change predicted that the world wouldn’t warm 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels until 2040. Then two years ago, the group ...

Ah, Earth. We may not think about our planet on a day-to-day basis, but the world we live in is a pretty interesting place. The third rock from the Sun—and to this day, the only one with known ...