Researchers previously estimated humans pumped 2,150 gigatons of groundwater between 1993 and 2010, equivalent to a quarter-inch of sea level rise. agupubs.onlinelibrary ...

Lee and Morgan Irons write about how sustainment of human life either on Earth or in space depends upon understanding humans’ evolutionary connection to both Frontiers How can such a feat be ...

Ever wondered what the world looked like when Homo sapiens first roamed the Earth? In this video, we journey through time to ...

Humans have etched their impact on the Earth with such strength and permanence since the middle of the 20th century that scientists says a new geologic epoch began then. Called the Anthropocene ...

Humans are living in a geologic era with the most diverse life-forms — the Phanerozoic Eon. Beginning about 540 million years, the eon started with an explosion of the modern life we see today.

Humans have changed the Earth’s axis — and our GPS and satellite navigation systems need it to work This has "very important practical implications" an author of a new study on groundwater ...

According to a new study released Wednesday, human activity has now gone past six of nine planetary "boundaries" that are "important for maintaining the stability and resilience of Earth as a ...

Earth’s soil is drying up. It could be irreversible. The losses in soil moisture already pose issues for farming, irrigation systems and critical water resources for humans.