Tuesday marks the tenth anniversary of a huge astronomical milestone: the first and only time we have landed on a comet. The ...

On a local level, heavy metal and chemical pollution from unmaintained factories and infrastructure will exert pressures on ...

The new Atlas of the Human Planet reveals 50 years of global population growth and urbanization trends, providing insights ...

How old is Earth? Our planet's age is known from a variety of sources, from rocks on our own planet to ones from the moon.

Human Planet, a cinematic experience, bringing you the most amazing human stories in the world today. Humans and wildlife surviving in the most extreme environments on Earth. The BBC has been ...

Destructive land use, mismanagement and climate change are fueling a water disaster set to wreak havoc on economies and lives, a new report warns ...

Everybody complains about the weather, but no one does anything about it,” Mark Twain used to quip, back when humans had only ...

The water cycle refers to the complex system by which water moves around the Earth. Water evaporates ... that can store planet-heating carbon. But the damage humans inflict, including destroying ...