This has altered the food webs and nutrient and energy cycles of ecosystems across the Earth. In the UK ... waste can build up to harmful levels. Human activities such as harvesting plants ...

Earth's widening equator is having a similar effect on its spin. "To me, the fact that human beings have caused the rotation of the Earth to change is kind of amazing," Agnew told CNN. Perhaps you ...

Researchers studied mammals using millions of camera trap images. They found that many animals don’t follow expected activity ...

In Costa Rica, the rainforests are being conserved through National Park designation. Small-scale tourism is a sustainable use, but this brings in little revenue. In Talamanca, sustainable farming ...

The study’s results also suggest that Earth system models used to simulate the global water cycle should evolve. By incorporating the effects of human activities and leveraging improved ...

Researchers have found a link between the sun's heat and Earth's seismic activity. Learn more about how this discovery could ...

NGM MAPS. Source: “spatial and temporal changes in cumulative human impacts on the world’s ocean,” Ben S. Halpern and others, Nature Communications; UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected ...

The overall amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has been steadily increasing, a clear trend linked to human activities ...

Human activities are causing ... urgent action can still limit the worst effects of climate change. Climate change is the long-term shift in the Earth's average temperatures and weather conditions.

Scientists have determined exactly how Earth's orbit and tilt affect glaciation and deglaciation, based on the length of ...

A Bennu-type asteroid could lead to “severe environmental consequences,” researchers write, while acknowledging that a collision is not likely.

If the near-Earth ... effects that might persist for years. And it’s possible that early humans may have lived through similar conditions during previous asteroid collisions. “Our early human ...