The Smithsonian partners with NASA to present the Earth Information Center, a larger-than-life display that visualizes interconnected changes on the planet Jack Tamisiea The museum's newest exhibition ...

While the planet has experienced much warmer periods in the past, scientists have found that the current rate of temperature rise is much faster than any warming seen in the last 65 million years.

For several years, a quote allegedly from Mahatma Gandhi spread widely across the internet in which he purportedly shared his views on humans' misuse of Earth's resources. Gandhi allegedly said, ...

Scientists have detected some of the oldest signs of life on Earth using a new method that recognizes chemical fingerprints ...