Earth's climate has swung between ice ages and warmer periods for millions of years, driven by subtle changes in our planet's ...

The Earth’s climate is a dynamic entity, continuously evolving over billions of years with alternating periods of extreme heat and cold. Recent scientific studies indicate that the Earth is subtly ...

By trapping huge amounts of water on land, big dams built by humans have slightly changed how Earth spins and where its poles ...

When humans pump groundwater, it has a substantial impact on the tilt of Earth’s rotation. Additionally, a study documents just how much of an influence groundwater pumping has on climate change.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — As the year unfolds, we experience the distinct changes in weather that mark the passage of time: the freshness of Spring, the warmth of Summer, the crispness of Autumn, and the chill ...

An illustration of the analemma—a figure-eight pattern formed by plotting the sun’s position at the same time each day over a year. We’re all familiar with the sun’s daily motion in the sky. It rises ...

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Every year, Earth follows a familiar pattern of seasonal changes: As summer rolls around in the Northern Hemisphere, winter creeps in in the Southern Hemisphere, and vice versa. But do other planets ...

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When humans pump groundwater, it has a substantial impact on the tilt of Earth’s rotation. Additionally, a study documents just how much of an influence groundwater pumping has on climate change.