The Planetary Health Check is a key monitor of earth's vital signs—and will guide action for a more sustainable world.

Every year on April 22, people across the world unite to mark Earth Day, organising events and raising awareness of environmental threats. Earth Day is celebrated with a mission of broadening, ...

In the whole history of Earth's climate, few events are as extreme as those that geologists call "Snowball Earth." ...

Ah, Earth. We may not think about our planet on a day-to-day basis, but the world we live in is a pretty interesting place. The third rock from the Sun—and to this day, the only one with known ...

What Earth do you live on? A round one? Flat one? Maybe your world is resting on the back of a huge cosmic turtle? What about a hollow Earth? Just a planet’s shell levitating around absolutely nothing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The lights on the historic building at the Grand Place were switched off for one hour as part of the international "Earth Hour" ...

Earth recorded its hottest year ever in 2024, with such a big jump that the planet temporarily passed a major climate threshold, weather monitoring agencies announced Friday. It’s the first time in ...

Disregard what you learned in geography class—Earth may not have seven continents after all. From the earliest of grades, schoolchildren around the world have memorized the same lineup: Africa, ...

(CNN) — Earth is spinning faster this summer, making the days marginally shorter and attracting the attention of scientists and timekeepers. July 10 was the shortest day of the year so far, lasting ...