As glaciers melt around the world, long-dormant volcanoes may be waking up beneath the ice. New research reveals that massive ...

Melting glaciers in Greenland are unleashing hidden methane and shifting soils from carbon sinks to warming sources.

One lucky bidder will soon fork over millions of dollars to take home NWA 16788, a 54-pound (24-kilogram) Martian meteorite.

The effects of climate change could awaken hundreds of volcanoes worldwide – which in turn could worsen the effects of ...

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

New research has uncovered that the construction of water dams has shifted Earth's poles in subtle but important ways.

For centuries, glaciers have sat like frosty crowns atop slumbering volcanoes, keeping Earth’s fury tucked safely beneath ...

July 9 will be one of the shortest days ever, as Earth is spinning faster and scientists are still working to understand why.

Earth's 'catastrophic' ice melt problem is worse than previously thought, study says The world's two gigantic ice sheets are in greater peril from global warming than previously thought, a study ...

Almost two-thirds of the world's population is affected by the monsoon—the annual arrival of intense rains in areas north and ...

Across Europe and around the world, melting glaciers are reshaping landscapes and climate systems. Researchers Elzė ...

New research from HKU geologists suggests that Earth's first continents were born not from plate tectonics, but from deep ...