In recent months, headlines about Antarctica’s ice loss have circulated widely. One claim says the continent has lost an area ...

In its second monthly column for pv magazine, the Becquerel Institute explains that Europe has vast commercial and industrial rooftops suitable for solar, but decades-old structural limits block ...

Narrators of great events tend to write grand prose. But a casual tone goes over better with a lecture-hall audience. Walter A. McDougall has taught a course in modern European history at the ...

The biggest sports show of the year in the United States was led by Bad Bunny, who became the protagonist of the most watched show in the history of the NFL. With millions of viewe ...

The each of the five Olympic rings represent a different continent. Thought the U.S. teaches there are seven continents, the Olympics use the five-continent model. Each ring's color is associated with ...

The Winter Olympics are back for two-weeks of intense games, heated competition and exciting moments. Throughout it all, you're going to see a lot of the Olympic rings, as the five interlaced rings ...

A better understanding of the bedrock can help researchers calculate how quickly the continent's melting glaciers might affect sea-level rise ...

Today we look at an expedition to Antarctica. By Sam Sifton I am the host of this newsletter. Two days after Christmas, the Times journalists Raymond Zhong and Chang W. Lee set sail from Christchurch, ...

All around the world, from the Red Sea to the deep ocean ridges of the Atlantic, lurk more than a dozen geological misfits. These scraps of continental crust are found in the middle of oceans, ...

North Africa stands at a pivotal crossroads—geographically and economically—between Europe’s industrial demand and Africa’s demographic dynamism. In today’s rapidly shifting global landscape, North ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Though East Africa used to be more of a savanna than a desert, it has dried out over the millennia. With less water in the lakes, especially Lake ...