Planet Earth

Although the storm is severe, scientists caution against linking it with climate change.

The Sicilian volcano is 'smoking' and 'spitting lava,' one astronaut reports.

A new study into a cold patch of the Arctic, known as the "Blue Blob," has shown that it is slowing the rate Iceland's glaciers are melting, but only for a few more decades.

In a new collaborative report, NASA and other U.S. government agencies have found that sea levels will rise up to a foot by 2050.

Scientists have confirmed that a 58-foot rogue wave detected by a monitoring buoy off the coast of Canada in 2020 is the 'most extreme' ever recorded.

A once-in-a-century wave that struck a cargo ship 25 years ago caused the worst toy-related environmental disaster of all time, known as the Great Lego Spill.

Scientists argue that we need to build better monitoring systems to spot earthquakes of this type.

Using satellite data, scientists have mapped massive methane plumes caused by human activities around the world.

A new image from the Landsat 8 satellite shows the contrast of artificial snow against an otherwise snowless mountain at the Winter Olympics in China.

Ancient trees, some close to 1,000 years old, may have a big impact on the forests where they grow.

The COVID-19 pandemic is one of the primary reasons for the recent upward trajectory of gas prices. Here's how.

The highest glacier on Mount Everest is losing ice at an alarming rate, new research finds.

Geologists have dated mountains all over the world, allowing them to discover some of the oldest and youngest ranges on the planet.

The ocean floor is filled with undiscovered evolutionary lineages that help to regulate Earth's climate, a new global study of DNA in deep-ocean sediments finds.