Generated by a vast subterranean sea of molten iron acting like a dynamo in the Earth's outer core, the magnetic field that surrounds the planet protects its surface and everything on it from solar ...

Between 1993 and 2010, the tilt of the Earth shifted by 31.5 inches, corresponding with people’s worldwide withdrawals of underground water. Researchers published the findings in June in the journal ...

Ancient Homo sapiens may have benefited from sunscreen, tailored clothes and the use of caves during the shifting of the magnetic North Pole over Europe about 41,000 years ago, new University of ...

A space weather expert has issued a dire warning that Earth may be on the brink of a catastrophic geomagnetic disaster capable of wiping out up to 90 percent of humanity. Ben Davidson, founder of ...

CLEVELAND — High above the Arctic, swirling like a giant icy crown, the polar vortex is a permanent feature of our atmosphere ...

A sudden stratospheric warming event over the Antarctic this week is expected to bring a chaotic spring to Australia’s south and a drier than average season to the nation’s east.