Earth Science News Stories

With photosynthesis levels rising, could plants be the key to combating climate change?

A new theory on the Moon's formation has been proposed by scientists and it involves a big crash and a very fast...

Three square metres of Arctic sea ice are lost for every ton of carbon dioxide emitted by anyone on our planet, a new...

The first fossilised dinosaur brain has been discovered by scientists in the UK...

Birds serenade their incubating eggs to control how their offspring will handle heat.

Using a new exploration technique, scientists have identified a huge helium reserve in an area of high volcanic...

Solar powered aeroplane Solar Impulse 2 has broken a world record without burning a drop of a jet fuel...

Researchers have demonstrated a unique carbon capture and storage process that can convert carbon dioxide into...

Mars was once home to enormous tidal waves, new evidence suggests.

Researchers have discovered a new route, which could help explain the very origins of life on Earth.

Vegetarianism may the best option for feeding the growing global population if we're to avoid widespread...

Bacteria that can degrade PET, one of the most commonly used forms of plastic, have been identified by Japanese...

A map charting the ecosystems most vulnerable to a changing climate has been produced by scientists in Norway.

More than 90% of the world's migrating birds are not protected across all of the territories they fly through.

The early Earth was awash with water, new research has shown.

Which reefs are most at risk from climate change? Some reef communities are composed of many species already at their...

A 460 million year old fossil of the oldest and largest species of marine scorpion has been discovered, measuring...

Five hundred year old graffiti provides clues about how society was impacted by climate change.

Even if we could remove large volumes of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, our marine life may still be in danger...

The earliest evidence of the Earth's magnetic field has been uncovered in Australian rock samples dating back 4.4...

Work has begun on what will become one of the world's largest modern wooden buildings. So why the wooden...

Arctic sea ice may be more resilient to changes in climate than we previously thought...

Clouds formed by plankton are much brighter than those formed by pollution and could be used to help combat climate...

Pits dotted across the surface of comet 67P-Churyumov-Gerasimenko point to a hollow interior, according to new data...