The algae that grows on patches of ice in Antarctica alters the albedo — or the ice's reflectivity — enough to make the ...

Penguin chicks, whose coats are made of fluffy down feathers, aren't as protected from the rain as adult penguins. Getting ...

When NASA astronauts return to the moon under the Artemis campaign and eventually venture farther into the solar system, they ...

A giant sequoia located in Sequoia National Park in California, the General Sherman is 52,500 feet in volume and is more than ...

Rain in Antarctica makes the entire planet hotter. NASA satellites have tracked how rain replaces snow and ice with vegetation ... more Antarctic land that’s green instead of white.

Imagine stepping onto the icy shores of ancient Antarctica—not to see today’s tuxedoed, knee-high Emperor penguins, but to ...

A clean energy system tailored for polar conditions has been put into operation in China's Qinling station in Antarctica. The ...

The top 5 largest deserts in the world aren't just hot and humid; rather, two out of the five have extreme cold situations ...

8 Million Years of 'Green Arabia' Apr ... the entire Antarctic Ice Sheet, which will lead to more accurate projections of sea level rise. The team modeled Antarctica's ... Feb. 11, 2025 ...

Introducing the Montblanc 1858 Geosphere 0 Oxygen Mount Vinson ✓ Celebrating Reinhold Messner's ascent of Antarctica's ...

The "Blue Marble" was the first photo of the whole Earth and the only ever taken by a human. Fifty years on, new images of ...

Two droplet-shaped wind turbines spin in front of China's Qinling station in Antarctica ... that the project marks an achievement in China's green scientific exploration in the field of polar ...