"It's been such a puzzle that there was liquid water on Mars, because Mars is further from the sun, and also, the sun was ...

Earth's climate has changed throughout history for numerous reasons, but modern climate change is driven by human behavior.

Landslides have uncovered pieces of an ancient glacier near Baffin Island. Researchers believe this is the oldest glacier ice ...

Scientists from the University of Cambridge and British Antarctic Survey have used ice core records to draw new conclusions ...

And yet, Millet's scene depicting the work of gathering what others have left behind is playing out once again — not as a ...

The fact that the cold, dry Mars of today had flowing rivers and lakes several billion years ago has puzzled scientists for ...

For centuries, gleaning was a lifeline for the rural poor in England and France. Today, some nonprofits are working to bring ...

Harvard scientists explain how Mars had warm spells billions of years ago, allowing rivers and lakes to exist.

The fact that the cold, dry Mars of today had flowing rivers and lakes several billion years ago has puzzled scientists for decades. Now, researchers think they have a good explanation for a warmer, ...

Whisky production involves the burning of peat, but damaging peatlands releases stored carbon back into the atmosphere where ...

The microbes were found in the Amazonian peatlands of Peru and could be valuable for sequestering carbon in the damp soils.

The Frozen Ground Under Threat Permafrost is like Earth's ancient freezer, stretching over vast regions, mainly near the ...