Fossil evidence reveals that the Arctic was once a warm, forested region supporting large mammals such as hornless rhinoceroses and dinosau...

Scientists discovered a beryllium-10 anomaly in Pacific seabed rocks from 10 million years ago, possibly linked to ocean currents, a supern...

Researchers from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and Niigata University have located droplets of water created during an ancient oce...

Giant impacts blast out huge volumes of material almost instantaneously.

On Earth, a strongly carbon 13 depleted signature from a paleo surface would indicate past microbes consumed microbially produced methane. ...

"The history of life on Earth tracks available niches. If you've got a waterworld, a world covered by ocean, then dry niches are just not g...

The prime minister’s 100-year timeframe is very farsighted indeed by those standards.

New York, Dec 19 (IANS) An analysis of ancient fossil microorganisms indicates that life on Earth evolved very early on the planet's histor...

The question of the Moon's moistness matters because the amount of water and other volatile elements and compounds provide clues to the Moo...

Rising temperatures worldwide are changing not only weather systems but also the distribution of water around the globe, thereby affecting ...

Global ecosystems collapsed as some 90 per cent of species perished in this Permian-Triassic extinction event 250 million years ago.

A team of geochemists reports the discovery of rusty, iron-rich rock layers in sediments deposited on shallow ocean floors some 3.2 billion...

Mars' atmosphere is mostly carbon dioxide but contains some ozone, said Shaheen, who investigated the process of oxygen isotope exchange.

The Tibetan Plateau in south-central Asia, because of its size, elevation and impact on climate, is one of the world's greatest geological ...

A new study has revealed for the first time a link between a cooling climate and increasing biodiversity in ancient oceans 500 million year...

In an effort to popularise the non-invasive and cost-effective complementary ozone therapy, Bombay Hospital has started the therapy for peo...