During a pole reversal, Earth’s magnetic poles swap locations. Essentially, the north pole is transformed into the south pole ...

Many environmental specialists possess little training in the natural sciences including both the fundamental ideas and methodologies of the earth and environmental sciences. The Environmental Systems ...

But, if we crunch the numbers (even in a simple way) we will find that keeping the planet warm depends a good deal on the Earth amplifying the solar heat supply. The climate system is powered by ...

Our students and faculty are passionate about understanding earth systems and applying that knowledge to solve environmental and sustainability challenges. Our mission is to excel in education and ...

I n a surprising twist on our planet’s ancient history, scientists are now suggesting that Earth might once have had a ring ...

researchers have found evidence suggesting that Earth may have had a ring system around 466 million years ago. Of the over 200 impact craters known, 21 date to the Ordovician—the time period ...

A strange class of space rock known as a "dark comet" has qualities of both asteroids and comets — and the hard-to-spot objects may pose a larger threat to Earth than we thought, according to ...

Rockström is a research professor in earth system science at University Potsdam, the director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, and co-founder of the Planetary Guardians.

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. Computer simulations suggest that there is an undiscovered Earth-like ...

With a radius of 2,106 miles, Mars is the seventh largest planet in our solar system and about half the diameter of Earth. Its surface gravity is 37.5 percent of Earth’s. Mars rotates on its ...