What is Earth Day, and what is it meant to accomplish? A message from Earth Network president, Kathleen Rogers - Close to 48 years ago, on 22 April 1970, millions of people took to the streets to ...

The science behind why the Earth will spin just a little bit faster on July 9, July 22, and August 5, this year.

On July 9, 2025, scientists at the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS) reported that the Earth ...

Earth is set to experience one of its shortest days ever recorded as the planet's rotation continues its unexpected ...

International Geodiversity Day was approved on 22 November 2021 by the 193 Member States attending UNESCO’s General Conference (draft decision 41 C/38). International days are annual observances ...

The rotations of the Earth have increased in speed since 2020, and as it spins faster than ever, the shortest day recorded might be in 2025.

The Trump administration reached an agreement with China this week focused on rare earth exports to the U.S., building on previous talks between the two nations that eased tariffs on imports from B… ...

As Earth spins faster than it has in decades, atomic clocks are catching the difference, and shorter days are on the horizon.

The planet’s rotation fluctuates as it travels around the sun, and measurements suggest we’re losing more than a millisecond ...

Scientists anticipate that Earth's rotation will quicken enough to create three shorter days between July and August, starting Wednesday, July 9.

When the moon is positioned farther from Earth's equator and closer to the poles, its pull on the planet becomes weaker. With ...