New research suggests that Earth’s orbital variations—the slow changes in its tilt, axial precession, and shape of its ...
Four billion years ago, Earth was a chaotic, lifeless world — a fiery hell with spewing volcanoes and meteorite impacts ...
Scientists discovered that volcanic eruptions in India’s Deccan Traps 66 million years ago released gases that altered ...
Discover the connection between volcanic events and the rise of Earth's oxygen levels that enabled complex life to thrive.
Observatory leaders have assured local emergency officials their public service will continue, but questions linger about how ...
Scientists warn that the Alaska volcano Mount Spurr is likely to erupt soon, showering ash on Anchorage and potentially ...
For billions of years, the Earth's atmosphere was nothing like it ... A recent study suggests that volcanoes may have a much larger role in the process than previously thought.
It is widely believed that Earth’s atmosphere has been rich in oxygen for about 2.5 billion years due to a relatively rapid ...
When was the last time you thought about where all the oxygen on Earth came from? During this study, scientists were looking into what kind of events happened on Earth in order to allow oxygenation to ...
The observatory has tracked the increase of planet-warming CO2 in the atmosphere for decades. Read more at straitstimes.com.