Satellite images from space are allowing scientists to delve deeper into the individual functions of different tropical forest canopies with new and surprising results. Understanding tree traits and ...

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As Earth continues to warm, more and more of the planet is becoming dry. A 2024 UN report found that in the last three ...

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Unseen mountains, valleys, lakes, and rivers lie under Antarctica’s mile-thick ice sheet. Changes to those hidden rivers could have dramatic global consequences.

Researchers who have studied genetic evidence of iguanas suggest the ancient reptiles traveled nearly 5,000 miles from North ...

As we move our clocks forward an hour into British Summer Time, Alastair Bonnett considers the uses and abuses of one of the 19th century’s most beneficial inventions ...

As the magnitude of water shortage issues arise globally, National Geographic Explorers along with the World Freshwater ...

Created as a hub for Asian art, the fair is succeeding at drawing more galleries and works from India and other parts of Asia ...

Greenland is one of the nations hoping to become recognised on the global football stage - but the path is a difficult one ...

Evacuating the Tahoe basin in summer could take 14 hours, and 99% of properties are at risk — yet new resorts are being built ...

Some countries are long and thin, others compact and nearly symmetrical. Some follow natural curves, while others have borders drawn with a ruler. But these shapes are not random — they reflect ...