Chris Stein knew he heard something special in "The Tide Is High". He was right, as Blondie covered it and turned it into a ...

It is well understood that human-caused climate change is causing sea levels to rise around the world. Since 1901, global sea levels have risen by at least 20cm – accelerating from around 1mm a year ...

Scientists have long known that Earth's core is mostly made of iron, but the density is not high enough for it to be pure iron, meaning lighter elements exist in the core, as well. In particular, it's ...

Picture all of Earth’s oceans, which cover about 70% of the planet and are mostly made of hydrogen. Now multiply that by nine. That may be the amount of hydrogen in Earth’s core, possibly making it ...

A rapid climate collapse during the Late Ordovician Mass Extinction devastated ocean life and reshuffled Earth’s ecosystems. In the aftermath, jawed vertebrates gained an unexpected edge by surviving ...

For the eighth year in a row, the world’s oceans absorbed a record-breaking amount of heat in 2025. It was equivalent to the energy it would take to boil 2 billion Olympic swimming pools. The study, ...

The Oceans Calling Festival is scheduled to return to Ocean City, Maryland, from Sept. 25-27, 2026. Its sister festival, Boardwalk Rock, will not return in 2026 but is expected to be back in 2027. In ...

Salt marshes, those critical habitats that protect coastal towns from flooding, store massive amounts of blue carbon, support fisheries and play a key role in ecological resilience, are struggling to ...

Scientists have discovered that complex life began evolving much earlier than traditional models suggested. Using an expanded molecular clock approach, the team showed that crucial cellular features ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In May 2014, NASA announced at a press conference that a portion of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet appeared to have reached a point of ...

A flyover simulation of what the world's major cities will look like after the climate warms two to four degrees and the oceans rise dozens of feet/meters. ‘I’m Going to Sue’: Graham Threatens Major ...

A decade ago, the world got together and decided to fix the climate crisis by adopting the Paris Agreement. I remember it like yesterday. This was December 2015 at the UN climate talks in Paris. I was ...