A number of groups and individuals say there's a need to protect lunar history before it's too late.

Two droplet-shaped wind turbines spin in front of China's Qinling station in Antarctica. CHINA DAILY A clean energy system tailored for polar conditions has been put into operation in China's ...

Nearly eight years ago, sitting on a couch in a hotel room in California, Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones had the concept of Olympic flag football on the tip of his tongue and just couldn’t ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising link between ocean temperatures in the Tasman Sea — between Australia and New Zealand — and bursts of heat in the Antarctic Peninsula, a discovery that could ...

India has suspended the Indus Waters Treaty. The Jal Shakti ministry informed the cabinet secretary. The treaty will remain inactive. This will continue until Pakistan stops supporting cross ...

Scientists have discovered "ice piracy" in Antarctica, where glaciers are stealing ice from their neighbors at an alarming rate. Kohler East Glacier is redirecting ice flow from Kohler West ...

In collaboration with American glaciologists, they have successfully performed krypton-81 dating on 1-kilogram samples of ancient Antarctic ice using this method. This advance provides a powerful new ...

It's a solemn day of reflection and gratitude. One of the most visible ways Americans express this respect is through flag display. But many people still don't know that Memorial Day has its own ...

In 2015, world leaders signed the Paris Agreement, an international treaty promising to limit global warming to preferably below 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit (1.5 degrees Celsius) and well below 3.6 F ...

Antarctica is surrounded by an unbroken and dynamic body of water known as the Southern Ocean, which constitutes about 10% of the world's total ocean surface. For about 200 years, Antarctica's ...

Eisenhower, it initiated (and later hosted) negotiations that led to the development of the 1959 Antarctic Treaty. It was also key to establishing the fundamental principles of the treaty, such as ...