A new study finds only 17 per cent of the world’s peatlands are in protected areas, a vast under-protection considering how critical they are to carbon storage, biodiversity and water regulation. But ...

Peatlands are important — the UN Environment Programme estimates as much as 600 billion tonnes of carbon are stored there, as decaying organic material gets trapped inside a water-rich environment.

The Arctic will be busier than normal this spring, with several manhauling and kite-skiing expeditions. Here are some of ...

But scientists warn that the world's sea ice – the frozen ocean water at the North and South Poles – has plunged to a record ...

More than 3,000 people from across the country responded to the survey, which ranked the Top 100 winter road trips.

Economically, however, it’s a tough sell. The port is small by today’s standards and only open four months per year. The ...

Why didn’t the United States annex Canada during earlier historical periods? In short, because it didn’t want to. President ...

The city has a tentative plan for the Furgary Shacks, the cluster of shanties on the Hudson River that date back to the 1880s. Two of the remaining shacks would be reconstructed for other uses and a ...

The polar vortex has split and will drift into the Hudson Bay through next week with sustainable cold weather returning to ...

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October was among the top driest months on record for many locations across the Bay Area. However, the weather whiplash ...