Mass extinctions. Giant volcanic eruptions. Oceans suddenly deprived of oxygen. At first glance, Earth's biggest geological disasters seem to have little in common beyond their sheer scale. But for ...

A devastating environmental collapse that began in the 1960s is still leaving deep marks beneath the surface of the Earth. According to a new study published in Nature Geoscience, the Aral Sea—once ...

The Trump administration decided this year to stop updating a federal database that tracked the cost of extreme weather, compiling an annual list of hurricanes, wildfires, and other disasters that ...

Experts from the global Earth science community have pieced together what happened during the massive Sikkim flood to try to help others prepare for similar disasters. Experts from the global Earth ...

Google has integrated its Gemini AI into the Earth app. Because of this integration, the app can now predict natural disasters and who will be affected by them the most. Google has announced a big ...

A new study found that climate change has driven a surge of “societally disastrous” wildfires over the last four decades, with 43% of the most costly events occurring in the last 10 years. Reading ...

Earth is inching closer to irreversible climate change according to a recent report by an international group of climate researchers and Earth System scientists. Tracking 35 planetary vital signs — ...

The United Nations International Day of Human Space Flight is on April 12. As we look towards settlements on the Moon and Mars, and farther afield, we must plan and prepare for disasters in off-world ...