For the past three decades, glaciologist Helen Amanda Fricker has been investigating polar regions — the fastest changing ...

Volcanoes erupt because hot, melted rock from deep inside the Earth finds a way to reach the surface. This melted rock is called magma, and it forms when parts of the Earth’s mantle become so hot that ...

Volcanoes and wildfires can inject millions of tons of gases and aerosol particles into the air, affecting temperatures on a global scale. But picking out the specific impact of individual events ...

In the whole history of Earth's climate, few events are as extreme as those that geologists call "Snowball Earth." ...

Unlike a solar eclipse, which occurs when the moon passes between the sun and the Earth, people watching Tuesday morning’s lunar eclipse don’t have to worry about damaging their eyes. Binoculars will ...

From ice ages to asteroid strikes, an epic book shows how important it has been for humans to look outwards. Alex Wilkins surveys a climate historian's cosmic sweep ...

In A Nutshell Mars was erupting while T. rex roamed Earth: A Martian volcano system was active between 64 and 50 million years ago, overlapping with the age of dinosaurs and early mammals on our ...

THE Moon’s “skin” is cracking as Earth’s lunar pal SHRINKS, scientists say. Rather than being a dead rock whizzing around Earth, our neighbouring moon is still active – ...

We know Aotearoa New Zealand is home to many geographically and biologically special features. Yet few of us know it also has ...