There is no question that the existence of humans as a species has dramatically altered planet Earth in ways both obvious and subtle. From the air we breathe to the ground we walk on to the water we ...

While emerging from the geological and earth system sciences and frequently understood as a solely environmental matter, over the last decade the Anthropocene has become an important name for a much ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On March 4, 2024, the commission responsible for recognizing time units within our most recent period of geologic time – the ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Humans have become the dominant force shaping the moon’s ...

Mr. Lezak is a researcher at the University of Cambridge and the University of Oxford who studies the politics of climate change. The world’s leading institution on geology declined a proposal on ...

Welcome to the Nature Briefing: Anthropocene, a weekly round-up of news and features about the human impact on Earth, and how Earth is responding to that impact. The United States is set to announce ...

Earth's 4.5 billion year geological history is full of death and rebirth, mass extinctions and explosions of biodiversity, with different periods often marked by cataclysmic changes that radically ...

This Collection supports and amplifies research related to SDG 04 - Quality Education, SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities and SDG 13 - Climate Action. This Collection explores the complex ...

This aerial photo depicts the sawmills of Lagos, Nigeria. The timber from the country's rainforests, some of the most heavily deforested in the world, are processed in this coastal city, polluting the ...

A Factoryscape in the Potteries', (1938). Smoke from chimneys in the industrial area known as the Staffordshire Potteries, Stoke-on-Trent. Due to the local availability of clay and coal, North ...