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, ...

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While colonialism was the biggest threat in the 18th century when the United States achieved independence, many now believe ...

The Arctic is undergoing profound environmental shifts, marked by unprecedented warming and ecosystem changes. A critical ...

Record low sea ice. Since 2015, Antarctica has displayed record-low sea ice extent, according to the study, which appeared in ...

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

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

Who rules the world’s clocks? You might assume countries with mammoth size would. But here’s a surprise: France takes the ...

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