‘In Lapland, the weather writes its own patina’: Helsinki-based practice Fyra decided to work with, not against, nature for a ...

Instead of chasing thrills, many are turning to quiet landscapes, cultural knowledge and personal reflection to shape their ...

Some trips give you beautiful photos; others change the way you see the world. Life-altering travel usually happens when you ...

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Around 56 million years ago, Earth suddenly got much hotter. Over about 5,000 years, the amount of carbon in the atmosphere ...

The Pawtuxet River, which once powered the mills that gave birth to this community, now flows peacefully through town, a metaphor for how life here continues to move – steadily, purposefully, but ...

As the last Ice Age waned and the Holocene dawned, deep-ocean circulation around Antarctica underwent dramatic shifts that ...