A new study has found that dams are so effective at 'impounding' massive amounts of water that they've effectively shifted ...

This is because the planet's rotation has entered an unexpected period of acceleration, but what would happen if it kept ...

Over the past two centuries, humans have quietly nudged the very axis of our planet. As thousands of dams have been built across the world, Earth's poles have tilted by over 1 meter (3 feet). The ...

China's Chang’e-6 mission has delivered the first-ever samples from the Moon’s far side, shedding light on one of planetary ...

Earth is expected to spin more faster in the coming weeks, making some of our days unusually short. On July 9, 2025, Earth is ...

Texas. North Carolina. Illinois. New Mexico. Flash flooding has surged into the spotlight in the last week with record-breaking flood events occurring nearly back-to-back across the country. Here’s ...

When the moon is positioned farther from Earth's equator and closer to the poles, its pull on the planet becomes weaker. With ...

While this event does take place in other areas of the tropics, the term Lāhainā Noon originates from, and is used almost exclusively, in Hawaii. In fact, the name came about in quite a fun way. In ...

Discover why Earth’s rotation is accelerating, how lunar gravity and climate changes play a role, and what it means for timekeeping.

A day on Earth is defined as the time the planet takes to complete one full rotation on its axis – roughly 86,400 seconds, or ...