Earth is not warming in a neat, even gradient. While the planet as a whole continues to heat up, one vast swath of the globe is bleeding internal heat into space much faster than the other, creating a ...

The Earth is pretty good at keeping its pace. However, variations do happen. And on three separate days this summer—July 9, July 22, and August 5—the Earth will spin notably faster than usual. Of ...

Here are some ways the world might end in ice, according to science fiction. Earth freezes. Humankind’s remnants huddle in ice caves, fending off giant alien monsters (Snowball Earth). Or people ...