China has struck a defiant stance in response to American concerns about Beijing's efforts to expand its influence in the ...

Once thought resistant to invasion, California's deserts are losing native plants to aggressive weedy species like Saharan mustard. New research shows its spread is disrupting biodiversity and ...

Now, a new race is under way in Antarctica, this time motivated by the need to understand one of the gravest threats facing humanity. While other ancient climate records exist, only the ancient ...

Sam Chui Antarctic Landing Like Never Before Posted: April 12, 2025 | Last updated: April 12, 2025 I boarded a Hi Fly A340 chartered for White Desert Antarctica (Tour Operator) to fly to the ...

The Arabian Desert, today the largest expanse of windswept sand dunes on Earth, experienced recurring periods of humidity millions of years ago, researchers report April 9 in Nature. The study may ...

Members of China's 41st Antarctic expedition team disembark from the country's research icebreaker Xuelong, or Snow Dragon, at a base dock in Shanghai, east China, April 8, 2025. China's research ...

The Saharo-Arabian Desert is one of the largest biogeographic barriers on Earth, hindering the dispersal of animals between Africa and Eurasia, and is at least eleven million years old. How did ...

Most are in major cities, making long journeys across desert highways unfeasible. "I think charging is probably one of the main, if not the main, point of concern," said Carlos Montenegro ...

Ready for the adventure of a lifetime? Ponant Explorations plans to sail all the way around Antarctica. The company will undertake the feat with its icebreaker ship Le Commandant Charcot. The ...