Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. Sep 22, 2024, 01:51pm EDT Sep 27, 2024, 12:28am EDT Reconstructed ...

D heat maps show how deep temperature patterns under Greenland help explain uneven ice loss and land motion, improving future ...

A new study offers the most detailed glimpse yet into how Earth's surface temperature has changed over the past 485 million years. The data show that Earth has been and can be warmer than today -- but ...

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

Earth is not warming in a neat, even gradient. While the planet as a whole continues to heat up, one vast swath of the globe ...

A sweeping new study reveals that humanity has already pushed 60% of Earth’s land outside its safe biosphere zone, with 38% in a high-risk state. By analyzing centuries of data, researchers mapped how ...

A 60-million year old fossil palm leaf from Alaska. A new study by researchers including Isabel Montañez at UC Davis has produced the most accurate chart to date of how Earth's temperature has changed ...

Scientists tracking the health of the planet now say humanity has pushed Earth beyond seven of the nine environmental limits ...