What would it mean to abandon Earth wholesale? The proposition to throw one’s hands up and forfeit our planet is a seductive one — things are looking pretty irredeemably grim. As the world continues ...

We usually think of terraforming as something we'll do in the future to other planets, but we have thousands of years of experience changing the shape of our own planet in profound ways. The term ...

In all the known Universe, there's only one planet capable of housing the complex, intelligent life we see on our home world: Earth. While very distant worlds around other stars may have the potential ...

My fellow pro-growth/progress/abundance Up Wingers, As the prospect of human settlements on Mars draws closer to reality than we could have realistically imagined pre-SpaceX, so does the concept of ...

Terraforming literally means “Earth-shaping” and it is the process of deliberately shaping another world to make it suitable for human living. This will likely involve changing this world’s atmosphere ...

The concept of terraforming Mars — transforming the planet's climate to support life as we know it — has long belonged to the realm of science fiction. But a new study argues that it's time to take ...

Ever since humanity discovered that there are other places outside of Earth, we've thought about leaving it. On this episode ...

We’ve seen how things can go awry when we tinker with our planet, but geology is fairly resistant to short-term change. When we screw with ecosystems, however, the chain of effects can be long and ...

The term geoengineering is relatively new. It follows and alters the word terraforming, coined by a science fiction writer 70 years ago to denote the act of making another planet more Earth-like. When ...

This story is part of Welcome to Mars, our series exploring the red planet. At the end of 1990's sci-fi adventure Total Recall, all it takes is the push of a button. In a matter of minutes, Mars' sky ...

We usually think of terraforming as something we’ll do in the future to other planets, but we have thousands of years of experience changing the shape of our own planet in profound ways. The term ...