Building dams has quietly tilted Earth’s axis by three feet, shifting poles and slowing rotation. A hidden planetary cost of ...

When large masses of water are moved from one place to another, this changes the shape of Earth and leads to a phenomenon ...

Scientists found that large-scale dam building since 1835 shifted Earth's poles over a meter and significantly lowered sea ...

A report published on June 27 by NOAA said multiple factors have contributed to global warming since the start of the industrial period (post 1900), however, the Sun’s overall brightness ...

Is the universe truly 3D—or just a hologram? The holographic principle flips reality on its head, suggesting our world may be ...

The project is four years in the making. Scientists make game-changing breakthrough that could slash costs of solar panels: 'Has the potential to contribute to the energy transition' first appeared on ...

Boldly etched into the flow of solidifying lava across Earth, the Matuyama-Brunhes event is used by geologists as a marker of ...

The origins of plate tectonics on Earth are hotly debated, but evidence from Australia now shows that parts of the crust ...

For centuries, humanity believed that Earth was the center of the universe, a view championed by Aristotle and Ptolemy. But ...

Earth system scientists developed the planetary boundaries framework for measuring and tracking the stability and resilience ...

The poles can flip over the course of hundreds or thousands of years, and this can happen at random, with intervals ranging anywhere from 10,000 years to 50 million years or more. Around 41,000 years ...

Earth’s rotation will speed up slightly on July 9, 22, and August 5, shortening each day by over a millisecond.