By trapping huge amounts of water on land, big dams built by humans have slightly changed how Earth spins and where its poles ...

A globe was the first thing I ever bought with my own money. I was maybe 5 years old, and I was really excited to take it home. As I quickly discovered, you can spin it in the direction that the earth ...

Earth’s spin is not as steady as it looks. As ice melts and groundwater is pumped from deep aquifers to the surface, the ...

If you’ve ever heard (or witnessed yourself!) that hurricanes spin clockwise in one part of the world and counterclockwise in another, you’re not imagining things. It’s a real phenomenon, and it all ...

Earth is spinning faster this summer, making the days marginally shorter and attracting the attention of scientists and timekeepers. July 10 was the shortest day of the year so far, lasting 1.36 ...

Like you, I'm given to wondering about "what ifs" to better understand the assumptions we make about the world. One of my favorites is what if the Earth stopped rotating? Let's just say things would ...

The summer is winding down and there might be even less of it this week. As the Earth spins faster this summer, the days are just slightly shorter. But those milliseconds are adding up. Other WRAL Top ...

As just one of all the living creatures on Earth, you're along for the ride as our planet constantly moves in two major ways. This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication ...