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The penguins that thrive—and the ones left behind—as Antarctica warms
The ink-dark seas were glassy and the conditions mild in one of the most rapidly warming environments on Earth. Here live the ...
Keith’s note: Astrobiologist Dale Andersen is heading back in Antarctica at Lake Untersee in January-February 2026 for ...
The Americans have the Pituffik Space Base (pronounced Bee-doo-FEEK) in northwestern Greenland. Its 150 personnel run missile ...
Icebreakers are essential for navigating Greenland's icy seas, but the U.S. faces a challenge with its limited fleet.
Nations worldwide maintain territories for strategic and military purposes, often remnants of colonial empires.
US President Donald Trump has announced there is a "framework of a future deal with respect to Greenland". The statement came ...
President Trump's statement Wednesday that Greenland is a core national security interest puts a focus on the existing U.S.
A 2011 graduate of Point Loma High School, McKaveney recently returned from one of his most interesting and challenging ...
Low clouds have lifted long enough for helicopters to ferry scientists and their gear to a fast-melting glacier on the edge ...
Credit: Allison Cusick Scientists from UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the Scripps Polar Center are at ...
'The scientific cost would be severe': A Trump Greenland takeover would put climate research at risk
Trump's calls for a takeover of Greenland puts open scientific collaboration that is helping our understanding of the threat ...
The granddaddy of the U.S. Coast Guard fleet arrived this month at McMurdo Sound, in Antarctica, to clear channels for supply ships.
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