Today the Arctic is still a site of peril and promise. A new race to the North Pole is under way, as politicians dream of ...

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The land underneath the East Antarctic ice sheet is less well-known than the surface of Mars,” said Durham University Professor Stewart Jamieson, summing up the deep mystery that has only just started ...

Beneath the thick ice of East Antarctica lies a hidden world—untouched for over 34 million ... The survival of these features helps scientists map how Earth’s surface responds to extreme ...

For World Ocean's Day, we're taking a look at how human activity could be contributing to darker oceans, and what that may ...

I’ve rounded up ultra-remote places to stay around the world where you can feel the same pull of the wild. Whether these adventures inspire introspection or not, their wow factor is undeniable, from a ...

Such a discovery changes the way scientists think about the food chain in ocean ecosystems. Giant viruses can infect tiny ...

AI is helping protect Arctic caribou by predicting safe ice crossings and warning ships to stay clear during key migration ...

From the earliest of grades, schoolchildren around the world have memorized the same lineup: Africa, Antarctica ... continent might need a rewrite. The map of Earth, long thought settled, could ...

Unlike the Arctic, beneath a thick icy layer in Antarctica sits a solid continental mass of terrain that includes mountains and even volcanoes. The world has been hidden under a frozen ice sheet ...

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