Scientists have long insisted that we can and must limit global warming to 1.5 degrees—and some still do, even as that grim ...

Learn how emperor penguins adopt a complex choreography to form a huddle to stay warm in bitter Antarctic winds.

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Thanks to atomic clocks (and all the worldly forces that influence them), scientists know that Earth's rotation has begun to ...

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Scientists anticipate that Earth's rotation will quicken enough to create three shorter days between July and August, ...

Ancient meteorite reveals a protoplanet formed in the outer Solar System earlier than thought, reshaping planet formation ...

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And the eruptions can make warming worse, melting more glaciers.

Atomic clocks — among the most precise instruments humans have ever built — have been keeping track of Earth’s spin since the ...