An international group of scientists, led by King's College London, has revealed how continued global warming will lead to ...

The effects of global warming on our health could be far worse than we imagined. A recent study shows that some parts of the ...

Earth’s innermost layer is a hot, solid ball of metal surrounded by a liquid metal outer core. For decades, planetary scientists suspected that the solid inner core deformed over time as it spun.

New assessment warns area the size of the USA will become too hot during extreme heat events for even healthy young humans to maintain a safe body temperature if we hit 2 degrees Celsuis above ...

In the 1990s, seismologists discovered two hot zones within Earth’s mantle: one under most of Africa, Spain, and part of the Atlantic; the other under the Pacific Ocean. “Nobody knew what they ...

If the near-Earth asteroid Bennu were to collide with Earth in the future, the space rock could cause substantial global damage, even though it’s a fraction of the size of the asteroid that ...

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There's a lot more to Earth than meets the eye ... Our planet's interior is much too deep and hot to explore with probes, so scientists rely on seismic waves to understand and model its structure.

Just half a degree rise of global warming will triple the size of the area of Earth that is considered to be too hot for humans. The new area will be equivalent to the size of the U.S., according ...

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