Melting of the Antarctic ice sheet due to global warming has long-term, irreversible societal impacts with important ...

Three years ago, Eric Pōmaika‘i Gee was a student at the Big Island’s Kealakehe High School when he invited polar explorer ...

As recently as the 1990s, when the Greenland Ice Sheet and the rest of the Arctic region were measurably thawing under the climatic blowtorch of human-caused global warming, most of Antarctica’s vast ...

Ethan Guo, 19, had been documenting his attempt to fly solo to all seven continents on social media. He is no longer in custody but has no easy way to leave an island off Antarctica’s coast. By ...

One of Earth’s most untouched ecosystems is now showing signs of major distress. Nearly a quarter of the glaciers on Heard Island, a remote sub-Antarctic territory of Australia, have melted. This is a ...

From a dish made by your hometown restaurant to candy you searched for on Halloween, most people have an all-time favorite food. Humans are omnivores with a diverse diet, but there is still a large ...