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Every winter, northern map turtles cluster together to hibernate in the water beneath a frozen lake. Then one year, their ...

A glacier in Europe holds clues about the activities of pre-industrial people, but it's melting fast.

In this spirit of rigorous worldbuilding, we just published a new study where we merged the disparate disciplines of literary worldbuilding and climate modelling. We used complex computer programs – ...

The United States is getting slammed by a stretch of weather extremes, from flooding rain to record heat and late-season snow ...

Explore the dramatic impact of melting polar ice caps on sea levels, climate patterns, and ecosystems worldwide. Understand how this scenario could reshape coastlines, weather, and life on Earth.

NASA satellites detected a phytoplankton bloom around Antarctic iceberg A-23A as it melted, showing how icebergs can fertilize the ocean.

Nearly every part of the United States is getting walloped by wild weather or just about to be. Days of downpours have begun in Hawaii. The Southwest will soon bake with day after day of record ...

Melting glaciers and ice sheets are raising sea levels while the Arctic is poised to log one of its worst winters on record.

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In recent months, headlines about Antarctica’s ice loss have circulated widely. One claim says the continent has lost an area ...