Project Iceworm was meant to give the U.S. a hidden nuclear advantage against the USSR. The plan involved building an entire ...

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

In celebration of World Walrus Day, National Museum of Natural History director Kirk Johnson talks about his new documentary ...

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Some of this autumn’s coldest weather yet is bearing down on the United States, enveloping the eastern two-thirds of the country in Arctic air on Monday and affecting millions of people. National ...

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What did the Arctic look like in the distant past? The answer carries significant implications for understanding how it will change in the future in the context of human-driven global warming. Yet ...

Unlike cats, most members of the dog family – canids – are not what scientists call obligate carnivores. They don’t have to eat meat, in other words. The South American maned wolf, for example, has a ...

As the Arctic Ocean loses its sea ice due to climate change, sunlight penetrates deeper into the water and encourages the growth of tiny plant-like organisms (phytoplankton). But to thrive, they need ...

Extraterrestrial particles found at the bottom of the Arctic Ocean could unlock at least 30,000 years of sea ice history, a new study finds. By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey Scientists have reconstructed ...