Scientists don't call it the "Great Dying" for nothing. About 252 million years ago, upward of 80% of all marine species vanished during the end-Permian mass extinction—the most extreme event of its ...

Recently, the results of a 250-day experiment to refine a particular motion of our planet were published in the journal ...

Earth recorded its hottest year ever in 2024, with such a big jump that the planet temporarily passed a major climate threshold, several weather monitoring agencies announced Friday. Last year’s ...

New research indicates that the water on Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko has a molecular signature closely matching that of water found in Earth's oceans. This discovery revives the possibility that ...

Seven years ago, the UN 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 ...

Explore new features coming to Google Earth and take a look back at the major milestones of the platform since 2005. Macy is a writer on the AI Team. She covers how AI is changing daily life and how ...

Maxar’s detailed digital Earth joins a growing AI push to help robots orient themselves in the face of GPS attacks. Before the advent of GPS, especially at sea, navigation meant finding your position ...