For now, complex life flourishes on our planet thanks to its supply of oxygen. But Earth's atmosphere wasn't always like it ...

Several key moments in Earth's history help us humans answer the question "How did we get here?" These moments also shed ...

A new study reveals that the aerobic nitrogen cycle in the ocean may have occurred about 100 million years before oxygen began to significantly accumulate in the atmosphere, based on nitrogen isotope ...

A recent studypublished in Nature Geoscienceexplores the future of Earth’s atmosphere, revealing that a dramatic decline in ...

To better understand the circadian clock in modern-day cyanobacteria, a Japanese research team has studied ancient ...

Several key moments in Earth's history help us humans answer the question, "How did we get here?" These moments also shed light on the question ...

Investigating ancient cyanobacterial timekeeping systems sheds light on the evolution of circadian rhythms and their ...

While Earth's slowdown is not noticeable on human timescales, it's enough to work significant changes over eons. One of those ...

For most of human history, the overall population is believed to have remained quite low. But since the early 1800s, the ...

Understanding the origin of the building block of all animal and plant life may lead to more insights about life on Earth and ...

The study utilized NASA planetary modeling and ran 400,000 simulations. As the sun ages, rising temperatures will disrupt Earth's climate and ecosystem. Oxygen production will cease as water ...