Temperatures across lower South America have plummeted – falling as low as -15° Celsius or 5° Fahrenheit in some places – as ...

Nestled between the Andes Mountains and the Pacific Ocean, the Atacama Desert has earned the title of the driest place on ...

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The ALMA radio telescope array in the Atacama Desert temporarily halted operations after a rare snowfall blanketed the base ...

Rare earth elements might sound like something out of science fiction, but they’re real—and essential to the modern world.

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In the present time, everything is within easy reach–one tap or click and you’re there! But there are still some places on ...

A new push for more oil and gas drilling, mining, and logging threatens irreparable damage to irreplaceable habitats.

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Wall brown butterflies adapt quickly through evolution as the climate warms and they shift northward. They grow faster and ...

Scientists from the University of California , Riverside, have warned that the Gulf Stream has been weakening for more than 100 years - and could soon collapse altogether.