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Monterey County sent out an emergency alert system warning Thursday evening to say the North County Fire Department is ...

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Welcome to our fourth Postcard from Rothera Research Station, giving you an update on the latest progress as we modernise our ...

A portion of the world's iciest, coldest continent is "greening" at a dramatic rate because of global warming, scientists announced in a recent study. In fact, the research showed that vegetation ...

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A Yale study reveals that elevated marine iodine concentrations disrupted the stabilization of Earth’s ozone layer, delaying ...

Visiting Antarctica — and, in particular, Ukraine's Vernadsky Research Base on the continent's peninsula — was a lifelong ...

The ship, with a multinational group of scientists, led by NIWA oceanographers Prof. Craig Stevens and Dr Denise Fernandez, ...

Climate change has made great swaths of the planet drier and soils saltier, jeopardizing food production and water access for ...

Antarctica or the Arctic? Sue Halliwell compares both places as polar travel destinations. They may look alike, but as travel ...

A mere 90 million years ago, Antarctica was a radically different place. Instead of being a polar desert characterized by ...