Most estimates place Earth’s human population at around 8.2 billion, but Josias Láng-Ritter—a postdoctoral researcher at ...

How has the human footprint on Earth changed over time? B.K, via e-mail. The term “human footprint” has become ubiquitous in ...

From European arrival in 1492 and colonization in the 1500s, the introduction of disease, mostly smallpox, resulted in ...

If you looked at the churning clouds near Jupiter’s pole, they appear like ocean currents on Earth — as if you’re looking at ...

Life without oxygen is unimaginable - not to mention not survivable - and we might need to start worrying about it ...

The report predicts that society will have emitted enough carbon dioxide by early 2028 that crossing an important long-term ...

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For generations, a popular belief has held that the Great Wall of China is the only human-made marvel visible from space. But ...

T he Anthropocene era refers to a new geological age that has been the result of human actions. Our interventions in Earth's ...

President Donald Trump’s so-called ‘big beautiful bill’ that sought to slash NASA’s budget is a dangerous misstep at a time ...

At any given time, about two-thirds of Earth's surface is covered by clouds. Overall, they make the planet much cooler than ...

The European Space Agency’s Technology 2040 Vision document explores what the future of space exploration could look like.