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Science / Our Planet

The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge contains vital habitat for polar bears who rely on the border of terrestrial and marine ecosystems.

Fifty Years of Arctic National Wildlife Preservation

Biologist George Schaller on the debate over ANWR conservation and why the refuge must be saved

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Seven Factors That Contribute to the Destructiveness of an Earthquake

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It’s Getting Hot in Here

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Marine Archaeologists Find Shipwreck Linked to Moby Dick

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Climate Change and Winter Storms

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What Can the Banking Industry Learn From Ecology?

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Climate and the Fall of the Roman Empire

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Thunderstorms Launch Antimatter Into Space

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Finding Science in the Art of Arcimboldo

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La Nina Brings Flooding to Australia

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Green Sahara May Have Provided Route out of Africa for Early Humans

Bulldozed ash at a Louisiana coal-fired power plant.

Devastation From Above

J. Henry Fair’s aerial photographs of industrial sites provoke a strange mix of admiration and concern

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Biodiversity Losses Could Be Bad for Your Health

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Spilled Paint or Iranian Desert?

Town Brook, the once main water supply for Pilgrims in 1621 has been ailing for decades due to multiple dams constructed along the 1.5-mile stream.

The Waterway That Brought the Pilgrims to Plymouth

Town Brook gave sustenance to the Plymouth’s early settlers, but years of dam building have endangered the struggling stream

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Rare Earth Elements Not Rare, Just Playing Hard to Get

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Peak Oil: Is It Time to Worry?

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Looking for New Discoveries in Old Data

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Comparing Apples and Oranges

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Did Broken Buoys Fail to Warn Victims of the Mentawai Tsunami?

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