Could these ancient catastrophes have aided life by delivering organic molecules or providing habitats in long-lasting hydrothermal systems under the resulting craters?

Earth sits between two worlds that have been devastated by climate catastrophes. In the effort to combat global warming, our neighbors can provide valuable insights into the way climate ...

While it's no comfort to those hurting or grieving now, Earth saw far greater catastrophes in its long and troubled past. The planet has been frozen, roasted, smothered, battered, shaken, half ...

A new report highlights the growing insurance crisis playing out in parts of the country that are prone to frequent weather ...

The huge spike in CO2 levels over the past century may put the world dangerously close to a "threshold of catastrophe," after which environmental instability and mass die-offs become inevitable ...

The cause of Earth's largest environmental catastrophe Date: September 14, 2011 Source: Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres Summary: The eruption of giant masses of magma in Siberia ...

"A lively exploration of seven cosmic catastrophes that could hit Earth and any of the other 20 billion Earth-like planets in our galaxy."-- Provided by publisher.

Humanity is better prepared than ever before to prevent a large asteroid from crashing into Earth, but there's more work, and surveillance, to be done.