For roughly 2 billion years of Earth's early history, the atmosphere contained no oxygen, the essential ingredient required ...

What if we found the way to drain all the Earth’s oceans through some mysterious portal at the bottom of the Mariana Trench?

Coral reefs didn’t merely mirror global change, but helped regulate how fast the climate bounced back from massive surges of ...

Coral reefs have long been celebrated as biodiversity hotspots—but new research shows they have also played a much deeper ...

(CNN) — More than half a billion years ago on a frigid, ice-covered Earth, glaciers stirred up ingredients for complex life by bulldozing land minerals and then depositing them in the ocean, according ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? A new study from scientists at Nagoya University in Japan analyzes how the Earth ...

For decades, geologists labeled a billion-year stretch of Earth’s history—from 1.8 to 0.8 billion years ago—as the “Boring Billion.” They assumed not much occurred during the time: mountain building ...

Earth's oceans, known for their deep blue hue, could one day undergo color shifts, say scientists. A report based on a study published in Nature suggests that our oceans have not always been blue, and ...

"Shorelines are great locations to look for evidence of past life." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Today, Mars is a chilly ...

Researchers from the University of Sydney and Université Grenoble Alpes have found that the Earth system flips between two ...

Discover how the rise and fall of shallow-water coral reefs has influenced the Earth's recovery from major carbon dioxide ...