Without human interference, Earth’s next glaciation would “occur within the next 11,000 years, ... that timeline has shifted dramatically. A long-term climate shift.

A new study predicts a grim future for humanity as Earth's continents drift towards forming a supercontinent. This will lead to extreme temperatures, reaching 40-50°C, making survival impossible ...

PARIS - A top panel of geologists has decided not to grant Anthropocene, or ‘human age’, its own distinct place in Earth’s geological timeline after disagreeing over when exactly the era ...

Paris (AFP) – A top panel of geologists has decided not to grant the 'human age' its own distinct place in Earth's geological timeline after disagreeing over when exactly our era might have ...

The exponential rise of the human population has transformed Earth. Dense forests became farmland, cities rose and sprawled, fossil fuels that formed over millions of years were burned in a few ...

The timeline shows Earth’s average temperature dropping to as low as 11° Celsius and rising to as high as 36° C, researchers report in the Sept. 20 Science. Science News headlines, in your inbox ...

At the timeline’s start, some 485 million years ago, Earth was in what is known as a hothouse climate, with no polar ice caps and average temperatures above 86 F (30 C).