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Scientists have long wondered how the first cell membranes formed from the primordial soup—a new study offers up a recipe.

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Emerging evidence suggests that plate tectonics, or the recycling of Earth's crust, may have begun much earlier than previously thought — and may be a big reason that our planet harbors life.

Earth was a frozen wasteland. Then, rising CO2 caused a catastrophic thaw, turning Earth into a "slushy" planet.

Solar geoengineering refers to proposals to reduce global warming by reflecting a portion of sunlight back into space before it reaches the Earth’s surface. In its best-known form, this means ...

Even as Earth sets new heat records, humanity this year is pumping 330 million tons (300 million metric tons) more carbon dioxide into the air by burning fossil fuels than it did last year. This year ...

Using a new method and baseline time period to analyze human-caused climate change, researchers have found the Earth has ...

Climate change is the long-term shift in the Earth's average temperatures and weather conditions. Over the last decade, the ...

Technology currently allows us to avoid facing the consequences of our unchecked growth, but eventually we will certainly have to face them.