Described as nature’s “self-repairing engine,” short-term species turnover isn’t increasing as scientists expect—and that’s a ...

Recent news has been all bad for the International Panel on Climate Change and the former gold standard for global temperatures at East Anglia University. Leaders of the organizations have been less ...

Earth’s green center has been drifting steadily for decades, reflecting a change in where vegetation grows most intensely.

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The Global Ecosystems Atlas is a tool that aims to serve as an open-source repository for data on all the ecosystems in the world. Developed by the ...

About 250 million years ago, Earth faced its greatest catastrophe. The End-Permian Event wiped out more than 80% of ocean ...

The increasing number of satellites and space debris poses a significant threat to Earth's ecosystems. Governments and private companies are exploring innovative solutions such as reusable spacecraft ...

University of Nebraska–Lincoln's S. Kathleen Lyons is providing a new framework—Earth system engineering—for examining how organisms, including humans, have fundamentally altered ecosystems on a ...

Two recent international studies are poised to change the way scientists view the crucial relationship between Earth’s climate and the carbon cycle. These reports explore the global photosynthesis and ...

Forest fires like this one in the Cleveland National Forest in southern California are transforming the landscape by destroying pine forests and transforming the land into shrubland. [AFP] The Earth's ...

Can humans endure long-term living in deep space? The answer is a lukewarm maybe, according to a new theory describing the complexity of maintaining gravity and oxygen, obtaining water, developing ...