In "Ends of the Earth," Neil Shubin travels north and south to explore the frontiers of polar science and history.

Because many aircraft fly at high altitudes, the outside air is cold and moist enough for the water vapor in jet exhaust to condense and freeze into ice crystals, leaving those cloudy white trails.

In the hush before dawn, an ice shard drifts across a boundless ocean, each crystal edge etched in silent moonlight. For a ...

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Imagine a vast lake that could easily engulf the combined water of all the Great Lakes in the US and then some. That's what ...

The Atacama Desert is a major source of lithium for EV batteries. As global demand ramps up, the local Lickanantay people are ...

Sea ice extent is at record, and near record, lows for this time of year in both polar regions, leaving the planet ...

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Stanford researchers discovered that increased meltwater and rainfall account for 60% of the decades-long gap between ...

Winter in Montana draws lots of adrenaline junkies, but there's plenty of "soft adventure" offerings, too, like cross-country ...

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Ashton Hall has taken the internet by storm with his intense morning routine, leaving followers both amazed and sceptical.