When you think of the tallest mountains on Earth, Mount Everest probably comes to mind. But what if we told you that the real ...

Utah's "Greatest Snow on Earth" slogan, coined in 1960, is trademarked since 1975. Jim Steenburgh highlights Little ...

New research reveals that ancient Mars once hosted vast river drainage systems comparable in scale to some of Earth’s major ...

If you were to wander along the parts of Antarctica that are ice-free, you might be surprised to see something soft and ...

The Himalayas shape our planet's climate in ways that reach far beyond their towering peaks. These magnificent mountains ...

Billions of years ago, it rained on Mars. The water collected in valleys and rivers, filled and spilled over the rims of craters, and was funneled into canyons, perhaps even making its way to a large ...

New drilling results from the South Atlantic have uncovered ancient lava rubble that stores far more CO2 than expected, ...

A collision between Earth and a massive Mars-sized protoplanet likely caused the formation of our moon. Now scientists from the Max Planck Institute suggest that ...

Each second of filmmaker Daniel Raven-Ellison's short film represents one percent of the Earth's surface. Only eight seconds show intact forest. A wetland in the U.K., seen from above. The short film ...

Every era leaves its fingerprint on Earth. Mountains rise, oceans retreat, and life adapts. But this age – our age – moves differently. Humans now alter the planet faster than nature can adjust. From ...

When a Mars-sized meteorite slammed into Earth billions of years ago, the impact completely reset any and all chemical processes on Earth, leaving nothing from before. Or so we thought. Reading time 3 ...

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