How did water survive Earth’s searingly hot birth? A radical new answer turns planetary history on its head –...
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Reuters/Peter Powe A RASH of recent earthquakes has forced fracking operations in the UK to be halted several times....
The next generation of geothermal plants will unlock more of Earth’s bountiful, underground energy and could allow the technology...
Grand CanyonDaniel Viñé Garcia/Getty By Lucas Joel THE Grand Canyon in Arizona has a bizarre Antipodean link. A chunk...
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© Edward Burtynsky, courtesy Flowers Gallery, London / Metivier Gallery, Toronto By Simon Ings THE lasting geological impact of...
Xinhua/REX/Shutterstock By Andy Coghlan EXTREME storms have caused destruction and taken lives across the globe this week, with Hurricane...
Swathes of the northern hemisphere are smashing temperature records. Could it be because we’ve broken the ocean currents that...
Earth Overshoot Day is a hugely popular way to highlight our global environmental impact. Here are two views on...
The current that ferries water around the Atlantic stabilises the climate for millions. Now it is getting weaker, which...
The team at the site in north-east Jordan where the earliest bread was found Image courtesy of Alexis Pantos...
