Human Activity On Earth

In a stern warning, two climate experts on Wednesday cited scientific studies to assert that human activity is pushing Earth to the brink of a dangerous climate tipping point and immediate action is needed to safeguard humanity's future and protect o

For the eighth time ever, humanity has achieved one of the toughest tasks in the solar system: landing a spacecraft on Mars.

"Runaway consumption" has decimated global wildlife, triggered a mass extinction and exhausted Earth's capacity to accommodate humanity's expanding appetites, the global conservation group WWF warned Tuesday. From 1970 to 2014, 60 percent of all animals with a backbone -- fish, birds, amphibians, reptiles and mammals -- were wiped out by human appe...

Lava tubes - underground caves created by volcanic activity - could provide protected habitats large enough to house streets or even towns on the Moon and Mars, scientists say.

The evidence for a new geological epoch which marks the impact of human activity on Earth is now overwhelming, according to a new study.

In a stern warning, two climate experts on Wednesday cited scientific studies to assert that human activity is pushing Earth to the brink of a dangerous climate tipping point and immediate action is needed to safeguard humanity's future and protect o

For the eighth time ever, humanity has achieved one of the toughest tasks in the solar system: landing a spacecraft on Mars.

"Runaway consumption" has decimated global wildlife, triggered a mass extinction and exhausted Earth's capacity to accommodate humanity's expanding appetites, the global conservation group WWF warned Tuesday. From 1970 to 2014, 60 percent of all animals with a backbone -- fish, birds, amphibians, reptiles and mammals -- were wiped out by human appe...

Lava tubes - underground caves created by volcanic activity - could provide protected habitats large enough to house streets or even towns on the Moon and Mars, scientists say.

The evidence for a new geological epoch which marks the impact of human activity on Earth is now overwhelming, according to a new study.