As the year gets underway, something important happens quietly in space while life on Earth carries on as usual. Our planet reaches the point in its yearly path where it moves closest to the sun.

If 24 hours already feel too short, imagine trying to fit your whole routine into just 19. According to new research, that was everyday reality on our planet for roughly a billion years in deep time.

Exchanging greetings and resolving to do something positive in the coming year certainly create an uplifting atmosphere. Unfortunately, their effects wear off within the first couple of weeks, and ...

AMESBURY, ENGLAND. A aerial view of Stonehenge under a blanket of snow. The site is popular gathering spot during the winter solstice. (Photo by Chris Gorman/Getty Images) I am writing this on ...

Earth's climate has swung between ice ages and warmer periods for millions of years, driven by subtle changes in our planet's orbit and axial tilt. These variations, known as Milankovitch cycles, ...

EXCLUSIVE: L.A. publisher Gungnir is launching an animation studio that will feed an in-house YouTube channel that planned as “the Cartoon Network of the digital era.” Gungnir Animation Studio will ...

New research is drawing urgent attention to Milankovitch cycles — the slow but powerful orbital rhythms that have dictated Earth’s climate for millions of years. Scientists say these astronomical ...

A new study by UC Davis and Chinese researchers shows how extraterrestrial forces move Earth's climate into a glacial phase both over the last 34 million years and 300 million years. Recent rapid ...

For two decades or more various politically connected researchers and the mainstream media outlets have proclaimed to the world some variation of, “the science is settled, humans are causing ...

Milankovitch Cycles describe how variations in Earth’s orbit and tilt influence long-term climate shifts, including the timing of ice ages and warm periods. As shutdown becomes 2nd longest ever, ...

This month, I will focus on what I believe is the most important driver of climate change away from human behaviour. How much can we, in fact, change by aiming for net zero? Several regions around the ...