Category: Planet Earth

Go back to our roots for a healthier plate and planet

The secretive X-37B space plane snapped this picture of Earth from orbit

When worlds literally collide: Earth may still contain remnants of the ancient planet Theia

What is the Earth’s core made of? This NASA mission to an asteroid could hold some clues

Geologists have discovered why the Indian Ocean has a 20-million-year-old gravity hole

Americans are very concerned about deadly asteroids hitting Earth

Scientists find evidence of a new layer at the Earth’s inner core

Scientists say the clock is ticking after unexpected findings at Antarctica’s ‘doomsday glacier’

Is Earth’s core spinning backward?

Greenland is the hottest it’s been in 1,000 years, says an alarming new study of ice cores

Patagonia reinvents itself again: ‘We’re making Earth our only shareholder’

Should we protect nature for its own sake? For its economic value? Because it makes us happy? Yes

Scientists are blasting out Earth’s location with the hope of reaching aliens

2021 was Earth’s fifth-hottest year on record, and that’s even worse than it sounds

How you make a map of the trillions of miles of invisible fungus networks that give our soil life

Earth might get its own Saturn-like rings—made of space trash

Don’t panic, but NASA is gearing up to defend our planet against catastrophic asteroids

Three ways to design for everyone—and the planet

Global agricultural subsidies are harming the planet—and our diets

Steel is killing the planet. This company uses an electric oven to slash its emissions

Between 2020 and 2021, the Earth’s vital signs got worse

When it comes to saving the planet, innovation has to be a team effort

There’s a ‘pink’ full moon tonight, and it’s super. Here’s what to know and when to see it

Why P&G is asking you to change your habits to save the planet

Earth may temporarily pass the dangerous 1.5°C warming limit by 2024

Hitting the Books: How to huck a human into low Earth orbit

Every $1 invested in ocean sustainability generates $5 of benefits for the planet

Scientists find an Earth-like planet hiding in old Kepler data

This stunning new film captures how humans have reshaped every part of the Earth

Are shared e-scooters good for the planet? Only if they replace car trips

It’s 2053 and we saved the planet: How will we look back at the time before we abandoned fossil fuels?

Google Holds Court To Save Mother Earth

What if the Earth has enough resources for us all after all?

Antarctica is losing ice at an increasingly rapid rate

No Country On Earth Is Sustainably Meeting Its Basic Needs

LiDAR strips landscapes down to their bare glory

Larsen C Ice Shelf In Antarctica To Crack Soon; To Produce Biggest-ever Iceberg When It Breaks

A renewable planet is almost inevitable

British scientists film massive rift in Antarctic ice shelf

Some of Earth’s oxygen escapes to the moon every month

Earth Will Be Swallowed By a 100 Times Larger Sun After Five Billion Years

Planet-eating star shows the Solar System’s future