For decades, climate science has treated Earth’s shifting crust as a slow, distant backdrop to the drama of global warming.

Ancient Scottish rocks prove Earth had seasons and climate cycles even during Snowball Earth period despite near total ...

Scientists at the University of Southampton have uncovered evidence from ancient rocks that Earth's climate continued to ...

Small but mighty, the red planet — our celestial neighbor — has made Earth’s climate what it is today. Mars’ gravitational pull serves as a stabilizing force for our home’s orbit, tilt and position ...

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. New findings explain abrupt climate swings in ancient ice-free worlds and inform future warming scenarios BEIJING, Jan ...

Tiny marine plankton that build calcium carbonate shells play an outsized role in regulating Earth’s climate, quietly pulling ...

Despite its small size, Mars seems to have a huge impact on the orbital cycles that govern Earth’s climate, especially those ...

A UT San Antonio-led international research team has identified chitin, the primary organic component of modern crab shells ...

"Without Mars, Earth's orbit would be missing major climate cycles. What would humans and other animals even look like if Mars weren't there?" When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...

Stephen Kane, a professor of planetary astrophysics at UC Riverside, was skeptical when he read recent studies that showed the gravitational pull from Mars being connected to Earth’s long-term climate ...