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Getting to an answer involved collecting data with floating sensors that drifted beneath the ice.
science

What's Up With Those Deep Gashes in Antarctic Ice?

Researchers just got a closer look.
Jessica Leigh Hester June 13, 2019
Pantaneiros are rounded up to be returned to the farm for milking and health checks in Aquidauana, Brazil.
genetics

The Endangered Cow Being Saved by Cheese

Bovine researchers believe the world needs the only cow adapted to the largest tropical wetlands.
Sarah Brown June 10, 2019
A baby Washington pygmy rabbit at the Oregon Zoo.
nature

After Nearly Going Extinct, Washington’s Pygmy Rabbits Need Room to Grow

Recovering the endangered critters will test society’s willingness to let nature reclaim a landscape.
Carl Segerstrom June 7, 2019
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This Once-Thriving Hotel Couldn't Compete With Climate Change

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The water was found inside a sediment core from the Maldives archipelago.
science

Found: 20,000-Year-Old Seawater From the Ice Age

It was stored inside limestone beneath the seafloor.
Matthew Taub May 30, 2019
A tiger steps out in a biosphere reserve in the Sundarbans.
forests

Bangladesh’s Tigers Bounce Back After a Poaching Crackdown

This mangrove forest holds one of the world’s largest remaining wild populations of tigers.
Sabrina Imbler May 23, 2019
Villagers in the Demak district of Java, Indonesia, help to maintain natural wooden seawalls.
forests

On Java’s Coast, a Natural Approach to Holding Back the Waters

Villagers are using natural wooden barriers to try to restore the mangrove forests and save their lands and homes.
Fred Pearce May 20, 2019
The Perito Moreno glacier at Los Glaciares National Park. The park is predicted to lose about 60 percent of its current ice volume by 2100.
unesco

Glaciers at World Heritage Sites Are Melting Before the World’s Eyes

A new inventory shows just how at risk these icy giants are.
Jonathan Carey May 1, 2019
Space10 is located in Copenhagen's fashionable Meatpacking District.
food

Inside IKEA’s Laboratory of Futuristic Foods

Assemble and enjoy bug burgers, mealworm meatballs, and algae hot dogs.
Rohini Chaki April 2, 2019
The Solomon Islands include both low-lying atolls and larger landmasses.
islands

How Alarming Is It That Islands Are Just Disappearing?

Very, but the story of sea level rise is a lot more complicated than that.
Dan Nosowitz March 27, 2019
Delicate branching corals in the lagoon at Dravuni Island, Fiji.
animals

Seabird Poop Can Be Good for Coral Reefs

The eternal, ecological, excremental connection between sea, land, and sky.
Evan Nicole Brown March 26, 2019
A flurry of marine snow falls to the seafloor off the Gulf of Mexico.
cemeteries

Marine Snow Has Cooled the Planet With Dead Plankton for Millions of Years

The bodies of the tiny organisms lock away enormous amounts of carbon dioxide, and they’re in danger.
Sabrina Imbler March 15, 2019
Olive groves in the Puglia countryside.
food

Italian Olive Oil Is Facing a Perfect Storm of Climate and Pests

It may not be long before the country has to import some of its supply.
Noor Al-Samarrai March 8, 2019
A smattering of glacial kettles.
geology

See Iceland's Stunning Glacial Kettles From Above

An abstract view of a changing world.
Jessica Leigh Hester March 7, 2019
The ceiba tree.
trees

An Ancient Ceiba Tree Blooms Once Again After Puerto Rico’s Devastating Storms

The island of Vieques is still struggling after the hurricanes of 2017, but its most famous tree offers hope.
Alexander C. Kaufman March 6, 2019
One of Cahokia's mounds, in all its glory.
ancient

What Poop Can Teach Us About an Ancient City's Downfall

Cahokia's decline is at least partially a story of climate change.
Matthew Taub February 25, 2019
A close-up view of the rift separating Pine Island Glacier and iceberg B-46, as seen on an Operation IceBridge flight on November 7, 2018.
glaciers

This Glacier Is Losing Ice Faster Than Any Other in Antarctica

Pine Island Glacier calved icebergs in 2013, 2015, 2017, and 2018—and now, another one is getting ready to break free.
Shaena Montanari February 11, 2019
A modern reproduction of Erik the Red’s house on his estate (known as Brattahlíð) in present-day Qassiarsuk, Greenland.
vikings

The Vikings Got Lucky and Hit Greenland During a Warm Spell

But it didn’t go well for them when things got cold again.
Jonathan Carey February 7, 2019