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Letter: Prof Phoebe Barnard and Liliana Karesh say we are at a crossroads of humanity, and governments around the work need to draft new constitutions to navigate the future more wisely

As the Atlantic grew wider, the ancestral population of all of today's oaks may have been straddling the continents of the Northern Hemisphere. If so, the ancestor of the oaks we know today was a widespread population that was cleaved in half as North America inched westward.

Soaring temperatures are translating into more powerful freak storms and wild fires, an ominous trend for humanity

A 2018 satellite photo shows the aptly named Deception Island, which was formed by a massive eruption 4,000 years ago and remains volcanically active today.

Flooding, thawing tundra, ice loss, and wildfires abound — and it’s all happening in the Arctic.

Earlier this year our international team of scientists from the Refuge Arctic consortium departed Iqaluit, Nvt. on a 56-day research expedition in the far north. We were sailing aboard the icebreaker CCGS Amundsen and our main objective was to study the high latitudes of the Arctic Ocean.

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Yes, it’s that time of year when preparations begin for the arrival of that favourite festive visitor: Santa Claus.

Researchers say the tundra’s changes are driven by thawing permafrost and emissions from wildfires

Woman shares the cost of groceries in the Arctic and people can't believe how insanely expensive it actually is! The post “Come Get Groceries With Us In The Arctic”: TikToker Shares Insane Grocery Costs In Inuvik, Canada first appeared on Bored Panda.

After locking carbon dioxide in its frozen soil for millennia, the Arctic tundra is undergoing a dramatic transformation, driven by frequent wildfires that are turning it into a net source of carbon dioxide emissions, a US agency said Tuesday.

Drastic shift driven by frequent wildfires, pushing surface air temperatures to second-warmest on record since 1900