Earth's 40,000-year tilt cycle links Antarctic ice growth to subtropical productivity

Cycles in the growth and decay of Antarctica's ice sheets once shaped marine biological productivity thousands of miles away ...
SpaceNews

Changes in Earth’s tilt control when glacial cycles end

Scientists have long debated what causes glacial/interglacial cycles, which have occurred most recently at intervals of about 100,000 years. A new study reported in the March 24 issue of Nature finds ...

Scientists discover a hidden ocean 700 kilometres beneath Earth that may be bigger than all oceans

Earth’s internal structure continues to reveal details that reshape established scientific explanations about the planet’s ...

An Unexpected Planetary Neighbor May Play a Surprising Role in Earth’s Climate Cycles

A seemingly small planetary neighbor may play a larger role in Earth’s climate than previously thought. Mars is only about ...
Labroots

Climate Change Is Disrupting Earth's Nitrogen Cycle

How does climate change influence the planet’s nitrogen cycle? This is what a recent study published in Nitrogen Cycling hopes to address as a team of researchers investigated climate change’s impact ...
Science Daily

Earth-sun distance dramatically alters seasons in the equatorial Pacific in a 22,000-year cycle

Earth is closer to the sun at some times of year than at others, with the time of closest approach shifting over a period of 22,000 years. This affects Earth's climate, including ice ages, but a team ...
Salon

Climate change is intensifying Earth’s water cycle

Grist is a nonprofit, independent media organization dedicated to telling stories of climate solutions and a just future. Rising global temperatures have shifted at least twice the amount of ...