This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. Earth’s climate systems are extraordinarily complex, ...

The cool conditions which have allowed ice caps to form on Earth are rare events in the planet's history and require many complex processes working at once, according to new research. The cool ...

The Earth formed over 4.6 billion years ago out of a mixture of dust and gas around the young sun. It grew larger thanks to countless collisions between dust particles, asteroids, and other growing ...

It's a creeping movement, but a momentous one. Some 200 million years ago, a single, extraordinary supercontinent called Pangea dominated Earth. Ultimately, landmasses ruptured and pulled apart, ...

The origin of life on Earth stands as one of the great mysteries of science. Various answers have been proposed, all of which remain unverified. To find out if we are alone in the galaxy, we will need ...

The waves propagate deep within the planet. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A new type of slowly traveling magnetic wave ...

New research describes how a kilonova explosion triggered by colliding neutron stars could eradicate life on Earth for thousands of years. Thankfully, the odds are incredibly low. When you purchase ...

Diatomaceous earth (DE), also called diatomite, is essentially a type of sand made up of the remains of fossilized algae. It's found in streams, rivers, lakes, and oceans around the world. The algae, ...

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