The Latest Breaking News from Earth

For the 15th anniversary and 4K Blu-ray release, Matt Reeves reveals some fun new details about the monster of 'Cloverfield.'

Plan unveiled at Davos to find fair limits on impact of climate and other crises, which most affect poorer countries

Alarmingly, rising ocean temperatures have a trickle-down effect on human food systems and weather patterns

Images of aurora borealis from the Shetland Islands are being streamed online

Pilots Chad Rodgers and Charles Wood were flying a single-engine Cessna on the night of October 1 when they had to make an emergency crash landing in Lake Mead, Nevada, US

For years Tesla seemed unstoppable, and the stock soared. Conventional wisdom was that only a drop in demand would bring the rocket ship back to Earth.

Ask most people what they picture when thinking about natural “carbon sinks” – ecosystems that absorb and store greenhouse gases – and they’ll probably describe a forest. Reforestation is a common feature of climate change plans.

As companies race to expand renewable energy and the batteries to store it, finding sufficient amounts of rare earth metals to build the technology is no easy feat. That’s leading mining companies to take a closer look at a largely unexplored frontier – the deep ocean seabed.

Atmospheric scientist Deanna Hence explains the weather and climate factors that combine to produce wintry conditions at the turn of the year.