Glaciers worldwide are archives of human pollution, preserving carbon from fossil fuels and wildfires in their ice for ...

A glacier in Antarctica is committing 'ice piracy' -- stealing ice from a neighbor -- in a phenomenon that has never been observed in such a short time frame, say scientists.

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Rivers carry the memory of civilizations— they are meant to nurture life, not to fuel political firestorms. But when ...

An ancient bristlecone pine hidden in California’s White Mountains may be the oldest living tree on Earth—and its story ...

In the quiet reaches of California’s White Mountains, one tree has survived through 4,800 years of storms, droughts, empires, ...

Scientists are working to shed new light on an enduring climate mystery—one that, if solved, could help them make more ...

Scientists at Little Dome C recovered the oldest continuous ice core, unlocking 1.2 million years of Earth’s climate history.

Marinoan global glaciation lasting 4 million years confirmed; stable ice defies current climate models and biological ...

Our history. Research shows there are little-known chapters in that history, deep within Earth's past. In fact, Earth's inner core appears to have another even more inner core within it.

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