For many years, scientists have been discussing whether the population in mountain regions is increasingly at risk from ...

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Understand how extreme cold events are changing due to climate change and what this means for our winters ahead.

Trolltunga - Norway's "Tongue" In The Sky Imagine standing on a rock formation named "Troll's Tongue," suspended 700 meters ...

The South China Sea is not the only candidate site for HUNT. Last spring, researchers deployed prototype detectors at a depth of 1,300m in Siberia's Lake Baikal, and conducted on-site testing with ...

That included the revoking of Executive Order 12898, President Bill Clinton’s landmark order establishing federal actions to address environmental justice in minority and low-income populations ...

It has taken longer than usual for ice to form on Lake Baikal, the world’s deepest freshwater lake, which is typically covered in ice thick enough for vehicles to drive on it. Ice formation has ...

January in Russia conjures up images of Muscovites crunching through the snow in bulky coats -- not bunches of delicate snowdrops blooming in grassy areas around still-standing Christmas trees.

Lake Winnipeg is the sixth largest freshwater lake in Canada, with its drainage basin stretching over 4 provinces and 4 U.S. states. The land in the basin is mainly used for agriculture and is home to ...

January in Russia conjures up images of Muscovites crunching through the snow in bulky coats -- not bunches of delicate snowdrops blooming in grassy areas around still-standing Christmas trees.

High school students in Kipili attend a class on environmental conservation, discussing solutions such as the fishing ban in Lake Tanganyika [Tristan Bove/Al Jazeera] The focus of today’s class ...