When people talk about the “Anthropocene,” they typically picture the vast impact human societies are having on the planet, from rapid declines in biodiversity to increases in Earth’s temperature by ...

Is preserving the general environmental conditions that allowed civilization to flourish—a moderate climate, a rich array of species, rivers that reach the sea—necessary to ensure humanity endures? Or ...

One fact about our time is becoming increasingly well known. No matter how far you travel, no matter in which direction you point, there is nowhere on Earth that remains free from the traces of human ...

Humanity has been reshaping Earth for so long that “Anthropocene” has become a familiar shorthand for our planetary footprint ...

For almost 30 years, we geologists have been having a debate about what Geologic Epoch we find ourselves in right now. It is presently called the Holocene, but some want to add another epoch and call ...

Is preserving the general environmental conditions that allowed civilization to flourish–a moderate climate, a rich array of species, rivers that reach the sea–necessary to ensure humanity endures? Or ...

Most people are aware that an asteroid wiped out much of life on Earth around 65 million years ago, and this knowledge contributes to that chill of fear that many people experience, at least ...

A new study makes clear the extraordinary speed and scale of increases in energy use, economic productivity and global population that have pushed the Earth towards a new geological epoch, known as ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Research by a University at Buffalo planetary geologist suggests that generally accepted estimates about the geologic age of surfaces on Mars -- which influence theories about its ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Research by a University at Buffalo planetary geologist suggests that generally accepted estimates about the geologic age of surfaces on Mars — which influence theories about its ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Research by a University at Buffalo planetary geologist suggests that generally accepted estimates about the geologic age of surfaces on Mars -- which influence theories about its ...