Scientists are uncovering growing evidence that Earth suffered a devastating cosmic impact event around 12,800 years ago, triggering massive fires, floods, and climate chaos. Across the world, ancient ...

Other threats include oak powdery mildew, the knopper gall wasp which was introduced to Britain in the 1960s and the oak processionary moth which was introduced into the UK about 20 years ago and has ...

Discover the untold stories of Earth's mass extinctions through NBC's new series Surviving Earth, premiering June 4. Get a ...

Discover the origins of the Silverpit crater in the North Sea, formed by a colossal asteroid impact that triggered a 100-metre tsunami towards ancient Britain ...

More than a thousand years after a ship vanished off the coast of modern-day Croatia, archaeologists have uncovered a wreck that might reshape our ideas of the medieval world.

For the first time, scientists have used DNA preserved in ancient sediments to examine how a major natural disaster affected ...

Warmer waters in the Pacific Ocean may have brought devastating floods to the cradle of ancient Chinese civilization, ...

A new study reveals how forest management informed by Indigenous practices creates unexpected benefits for drought-prone regions.

Evidence suggests that China's "cradle of civilization" experienced marked climate disasters and social upheavals during the mid-late Holocene (around 3,000 years ago). However, the direct causes and ...

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Some civilizations in inland China underwent dramatic changes and population drops 3,000 years ago. Now, researchers are ...