As Earth approaches warmer levels experienced earlier in its geologic history, it may be bad news for human survival.

For most of Earth’s history, ice has been a rarity. Yet, modern humans evolved during an unusually cold period in the planet’s past. As climate change accelerates, melting ice caps and rising ...

Learn about the process that started life on Earth, linking amino acids with RNA to create proteins that are found in all ...

The Earth has had at least five major ice ages, and humans showed up in time for the most recent one. In fact, we’re still in it.

According to the DOE’s recent budget request, though, E3SM will continue to exist, but seemingly without one of its primary raisons d’etre. “Any Energy Exascale Earth System Model (E3SM) activities ...

Human extinction would have sweeping ecological consequences across the planet, potentially giving rise to new species and climates ...