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Tipping points in our climate predictions are both wildly dramatic and wildly uncertain. Can mathematicians make them useful?

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Carbon dioxide may have caused the climate crisis, but a new study argues it is also the ‘miracle molecule’ that made Earth habitable ...

Scientists have solved Earth’s billion-year mystery: glaciers of Snowball Earth scraped away miles of crust, erasing epochs and leaving behind the Great Unconformity.

Geologists reach sites within the Grand Canyon that tell the story of the continent's formation. After four days of navigating the Grand Canyon, Karl and Laura arrive at the places that tell the story ...

The concept of the "great filter" to explain why so far we seem to be alone in the universe is based on erroneous assumptions, according to a new model that describes how life on Earth evolved in step ...

Uncover the mystery of the ice age that lasted 57 million years. Explore the research behind Earth's frozen past.

David Rysdahl discusses the pressure of paying homage to Alien's chestburster scene in Alien: Earth Episode 7 and his ...

Facing eviction for environmental degradation, this Brazilian favela decided to go green – and prove that more sustainable ...

Another beat in my series of dusty mysterious beats and points of interest. I get that many find it jolting that I keep ...