University of Chicago paleontologist and author Neil Shubin has been on multiple expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctica. Those trips have produced groundbreaking discoveries about the evolution of ...

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Searchers in Alaska are flying over stretches of ice-covered seas and scouring miles of frozen tundra for any sign of a plane ...

Searchers in Alaska are flying over stretches of ice-covered seas and scouring miles of frozen tundra for any sign of a plane ...

The latest Monster Hunter Wilds trailer has unveiled the highly anticipated fourth biome: the Iceshard Cliffs. This frozen wasteland is surrounded by uncharted ruins and seemingly teeming with untold ...

The world is adept at balancing the warming gases in its atmosphere, but anthropogenic climate change is challenging this balance. A new study reports that 34 percent of the Arctic-boreal zone (ABZ) ...

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A relatively small amount of groundwater trickling through Alaska's tundra is releasing huge quantities of carbon into the ocean, where it can contribute to climate change, according to new ...

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Aurora also offers two shorter expeditions in 2026: the 17-day Arctic Golden Autumn & Northern Lights itinerary in August and ...

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A "super-Earth" planet found outside of our solar system could have conditions suitable for life, according to experts at the University of Oxford. Researchers said the planet has a mass six times ...