Earth should have lost its water long before life ever had a chance to appear. Bathed in a young Sun’s fierce radiation and ...

Today, oceans cover about 70% of Earth’s surface. This stark contrast has long driven scientific interest in how water ...

Mars is usually a safe 225 million kilometers away from Earth, but what if the red planet went off course and headed straight toward us? This nightmare scenario would cause devastation long before the ...

All stars dies and our Sun is a star. Therefore, it makes sense that at some point down the line, our Sun, which provides life to Earth, will die, too. When it does, scientists say that the Sun will ...

Sequences of decades-worth of satellite images reveal scale of glacier melting and forest destruction. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

Professor of Geography, Environmental Management and Energy Studies, University of Johannesburg; Research Associate, Stellenbosch University; Professor of Sociology of Development and Change, ...