April 27, 2025 More rainfall in Antarctica is increasing penguin chick mortality.

Increased rainfall in Antarctica is contributing to increased mortality rates for penguin chicks, and overall increasing global temperatures and sea levels.

A rock containing many smaller round stones could indicate that there was once a large amount of liquid water on the Red ...

A weathered sign in the Minnesota River Valley proudly proclaims: “World’s Oldest Rock.” Erected in 1975, it marks a 3.8-billion-year-old gneiss — or so scientists thought.

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While the Statue of Liberty may not be submerged, low-lying places like Ellis Island could be underwater. By 2100, sea-level ...

A giant sequoia located in Sequoia National Park in California, the General Sherman is 52,500 feet in volume and is more than ...

Check out 24 of the world’s must unusual landscapes — from the hellish Darvaza Gas Crater in Turkmenistan to the “snow ...

Early humans likely used naturally sharp rocks before making their own tools, a new hypothesis suggests, potentially pushing ...