A team of scientists from several U.S. institutions, including the University of Minnesota, discovered six million year old ...

Deep under Nevada’s desert, a cave called Devils Hole II holds a 580,000‑year record of how climate and water have changed in ...

In the heart of the Mojave Desert, far from snowcapped peaks or roaring rivers, a narrow crack in the rock has quietly stored ...

Scientists have drilled 1.7 miles deep into Antarctica, pulling up an ice core sample that dates back at least 1.2 million years. They expect the sample to offer new insights into the evolution of ...

A one-meter core of calcite pulled from a cave of Devils Hole in Nevada has yielded a rare record of roughly 580,000 years of climate change ...

An international team of scientists announced Thursday they’ve successfully drilled one of the oldest ice cores yet, penetrating nearly 2 miles to Antarctic bedrock to reach ice they say is at least 1 ...

The five tents sitting on the white expanse of the Clark Glacier look more like a winter camping site than a scientific field camp. Skis stick out of the snow. A pot on the propane stove holds melted ...

This story was supported by a grant from the Pulitzer Center. This story was made possible through the assistance of the U.S. National Science Foundation Office of Polar Programs. Inside a tent ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...