Our Earth is around 4.5 billion years old. Way back in its earliest years, vast oceans dominated. There were frequent volcanic eruptions and, because there was no free oxygen in the atmosphere, there ...

The Cambrian Explosion in which life on Earth underwent massive diversification was likely triggered by eccentricities in Earth’s orbit around our Sun. Or so say the authors of a new paper just ...

Stars that pass by our solar system have altered the long-term orbital evolution of planets, including Earth, and, by extension, modified our climate. "Perturbations—a minor deviation in the course of ...

The School has traditional strengths in palaeobiology, palaeoclimate and the deep Earth, and collaborates with Geographical Sciences and Biological Sciences. Our common interest in the long-term ...

It is easy to forget that, as the Earth and the other planets orbit the Sun, our host star is actually travelling around the Milky Way galaxy at an average speed of 230 kilometres per SECOND. Still, ...

It’s the only evidence-based explanation of life on Earth, yet some countries are turning their backs on it Michael Dixon is director of the Natural History Museum In recent weeks there have been ...