Sea ice extent in the Arctic has decreased by about 40 percent since 1979. New technologies are being deployed to regrow it.

One of his first major projects was helping develop the Canadarm for the International Space Station. Following his work with ...

Scientists have discovered the exact point where gravity is weakest on Earth, leaving people feeling "lighter". After ...

A thawing Arctic has become the latest frontier of geopolitical competition; here’s what China, Russia, and the United States ...

Satellite data reveal a link between the amount of black carbon in the atmosphere and rates of Antarctic sea ice loss in recent years.

Geologists have uncovered a long-lost continental fragment buried beneath the thick ice of Greenland, a discovery that offers ...

Wearing a plastic polar bear mask and a white bath robe, I danced the YMCA with the first female prime minister of Greenland.

The Ponant fleet comprises 13 vessels that break down into four types. Here's a guide to each of the classes so you can ...

For years, Jack Auty studied how inflammation in the human body drives diseases, ranging from stroke to sepsis to Alzheimer’s ...

Our Changing Planet is an ambitious natural history series exploring the issues facing the planet’s most threatened ecosystems and meeting the scientists and local conservationists fighting to make a ...

The World, a condo-like residential ship, has been circumnavigating the globe since 2002. Then there’s Ville Vie’s Odyssey.