"Its deep, undisturbed waters have acted like a natural time capsule, trapping layers of sediment year after year, each ...

The Cambrian Explosion is a landmark moment in the history of life on Earth when many of the major groups of animals first ...

A new study reveals that microplastics are present in sediments throughout the Whittard Canyon – a submarine canyon off the ...

New research finds that the global decline of scavengers like hyenas and vultures is putting ecosystems—and human health—at ...

Green roofs can capture nearly all the microplastic particles that contaminate rainwater in modern cities, according to a new ...

(Reuters) -A new line of evidence is providing further corroboration of the antiquity of fossilized footprints discovered at White Sands National Park in New Mexico that rewrite the history of humans ...

Seen and heard, but without the factual evidence of touch. Call it Maya ... my fingertip its natural function—to connect the body to the outside world. The Anthropocene, our present geological age, is ...

A number of groups and individuals say there's a need to protect lunar history before it's too late.

The Anthropocene as an epoch The rationale for proposing to define an Anthropocene Epoch starting around 1950 came from overwhelming evidence that many of the most consequential changes of the human ...

After fifteen years of intense deliberations, a group of renowned geologists has concluded a long debate on whether to grant the era of humanity, or "Anthropocene," an official status distinct within ...

Global project ‘paints’ evidence of air pollution in India The Air of the Anthropocene project has been exhibited at gallery shows in Los Angeles, Belfast, and Birmingham ...

"All these lines of evidence indicate that the Anthropocene, though currently brief, is – we emphasize – of sufficient scale and importance to be represented on the Geological Time Scale and ...