Compared with Earth, Mars is tiny, yet it seems to have an outsized effect on our planet’s climate cycles. Similar small planets could affect the climates of worlds beyond our solar system, which we ...

Earth’s ice ages have long been blamed on subtle wobbles in our own orbit, but new research suggests a distant accomplice is quietly helping to set the tempo. Mars, sitting millions of miles away and ...

Small but mighty, the red planet — our celestial neighbor — has made Earth’s climate what it is today. Mars’ gravitational pull serves as a stabilizing force for our home’s orbit, tilt and position ...

Mars, despite being tens of millions of miles away, may play a larger role in Earth’s long-term climate cycles than previously thought, according to research published Sunday. The study, which ...

Space.com reports new research showing that Mars has a measurable role in shaping Earth’s long-term climate. Using detailed computer simulations of the solar system, researchers found that Mars’ ...

Climate can change fast, even when the planet looks stable. Earth has flipped into new patterns within decades in the past. During the last Ice Age, Greenland warmed by as much as 16°C over short ...

Earth's climate has swung between ice ages and warmer periods for millions of years, driven by subtle changes in our planet's orbit and axial tilt. These variations, known as Milankovitch cycles, ...

A research team led by Academician Jin Zhijun from the Institute of Energy, Peking University, has revealed how interactions between Earth's tectonic activity and astronomical cycles jointly shaped ...

This month, I will focus on what I believe is the most important driver of climate change away from human behaviour. How much can we, in fact, change by aiming for net zero? Several regions around the ...

This video explores the Milankovitch cycles, the astronomical theory proposed by Serbian scientist Milutin Milankovitch, which explains how variations in Earth’s orbit, axial tilt, and precession ...

Earth’s oceans keep long, detailed logs of climate change, and some of the best pages come from fusulines – shells smaller than a grain of sand. A recent study shows that these tiny record‑keepers ...