A sudden climate jolt disrupted harvests and trade, setting in motion the grain routes that helped carry plague into Europe.

When we think of coral reefs, we picture bright fish, clear water and colourful corals. But reefs have also shaped the planet ...

Coral reefs have long been celebrated as biodiversity hotspots—but new research shows they have also played a much deeper ...

A team of scientists from several U.S. institutions, including the University of Minnesota, discovered six million year old ...

Throughout Earth's history, the planet has been struck by multiple asteroids, some so large, like the Chicxulub Impactor, that Earth's climate was altered to the point of a mass extinction event.

Francesco S. R. Pausata is at the Center for the Study and Simulation of Climate at the Regional Scale and GEOTOP (Research Center on the Dynamics of the Earth System), Department of Earth and ...

As Earth’s climate changes, one of the hardest things to figure out is exactly how the planet will change in response. And while we can’t know the future for sure, we can get a lot of good clues from ...

Early Eocene forest, Wyoming, U.S. Illustration by Julius Csotonyi, Smithsonian Institution Pollinators play a vital role in fertilising flowers, which grow into seeds and fruits and underpin our ...

This two-part Mongabay mini-series examines the current status of the climate emergency; how world leaders, scientists and the global community are responding; and what may lie ahead as the world ...

Earth has a long and dramatic history, and one recurring theme is extinction. Did you know that over the last 500 million years, our planet experienced five major mass extinction events? These events ...