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New studies, which utilized AI to monitor the effects of climate change on Earth's spin, have shown that our days are getting increasingly longer and that our planet will get more wobbly in the ...

A new study confirms that Earth's inner core has been rotating more slowly than usual since 2010. This mysterious "backtracking" could also end up slightly altering the planet's overall rotation ...

The science is clear: the patient, our home planet earth, is in critical condition. Patrick Pleul/picture alliance—Getty Images. Ideas. By Johan Rockström. October 2, 2024 12:00 PM EDT.

Prime Minister Hon. James Marape has issued an impassioned appeal to the international community to act urgently and ...

BBC Earth released the trailer for "Planet Earth III," which first premiered in the U.K. in October. 'Yellowstone': Final episodes moved to Nov. 2024; Paramount announces two spinoff series ...

Planet Earth 3, the third iteration of the Planet Earth nature documentary series, premieres with the first of eight chapters airing tonight on Saturday, November 4 at 8 p.m. on BBC America. The ...

2023 was another eventful year for our planet, delivering broken climate records, ... Here are some of the most significant stories about planet Earth in 2023. 1. Hottest summer on record.

About ten years ago, science writer Ferris Jabr started contemplating Earth as a living planet rather than a planet with life on it. It began when he learned that the Amazon rainforest doesn't ...

If their calculations serve them correctly, Planet Nine would have a mass that is about 1.5 to 3 times that of Earth, at 500 times the distance between our home and the sun.

So much ice is melting at the Earth's poles that it's affecting the rotation of the planet, scientists say. Its spin is slowing down slightly, causing days to get longer.

A stock photo showing the Earth and moon in space. The remains of a long-lost planet that contributed to the creation of the moon lie deep within the center of the Earth.