The United States is in the midst of a place-renaming moment. From the renaming of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, ...

The dramatic loss of sea ice around Antarctica has occurred with the re-emergence of the Maud Rise polynya in the Weddell Sea ...

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The Arctic is undergoing profound environmental shifts, marked by unprecedented warming and ecosystem changes. A critical consequence of this transformation is the rise of extreme wildland fire events ...

Professor Benjamin Cohen warned that political polarization in the US could potentially reach a violent breaking point ...

Around the world: Nepal builds cable cars through sacred peaks; Māori health boards warn of silencing under new reforms; Indigenous filmmakers break barriers and reclaim Canadian screens; Panama ...

Europe isn’t just at risk of the direct effects of climate change, it is also exposed to the indirect effects of infectious ...

Rare earth elements might sound like something out of science fiction, but they’re real—and essential to the modern world.