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The mercury tumbled to a bone-chilling -2C in the Highlands

Plants can grow with much less light than previously thought, according to a new study on tiny water-based organisms called microalgae that has been published in Nature Communications. The German-led team of researchers lowered light sensors into Arctic water to a depth of 50 metres to test how low light…

Band of low pressure will cause drop in temperatures, although sunny spells are possible by the weekend

I’ve been repeatedly forced to pay a fare before finding out that firearms can’t be carried – after the refund window has closed

Lower temperatures follow wet weekend and weather warning in the capital

At this time of year, as the sun rises over Antarctica, a “hole” opens up in Earth’s ozone layer.

My favorite place in the world isn’t a fixed location. It’s the JOIDES Resolution, an internationally funded research ship that has spent its service life constantly on the move, from deep in the Antarctic to high in the Arctic.

Joseph Balderas, 36, was last seen on June 24, 2016, in Nome, Alaska. Four years later, on August 31, 2020, Florence Okpealuk, 33, vanished from the same town. Podcast host Payne Lindsey traveled to the edge of the Arctic circle to find out more for a new season of Up…

Scientists are getting very close to bringing a few iconic species, like woolly mammoths and dodos, back from extinction. That may not be a good thing.