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Glaciers worldwide are racing toward extinction, with warming dictating whether thousands survive—or vanish forever.

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La Niña has a major influence on winter weather in the U.S., but its effects vary drastically by region. What will we see?

Right now, as a passenger on planet Earth, you’re zooming through space at incredible speeds. But why can't you feel it?

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When is winter? Weather forecasters in the Northern Hemisphere will tell you Dec. 1 through the end of February, which is ...

In 1919, British astronomers Arthur Eddington and Frank Dyson organised an expedition to Príncipe, a forested fleck of land ...

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