Over the past 160 years, numerous projects have been both arrogant and far-fetched in their framework, writes historian David ...

It was site of the only land battle fought on U.S. soil during World War II. And in proportional terms, it was one of the ...

For the rare Yukon Podistera plant to survive another climate disturbance, it again needs to find refuge, this time not from ...

A father and son trace Ireland’s wildest swims along the Dingle Peninsula, from hidden lakes to Atlantic coves ...

Russia and the United States are often viewed as distant rivals on opposite sides of the globe. However, geography tells a different story. In the frigid waters of the North Pacific, these two ...

‘Audacious’ intercontinental plan to maintain vital ocean currents faces political and environmental obstacles ...

If a key ocean current collapses it could plunge northern Europe into a big freeze. Now researchers are weighing up a drastic ...

A dam in the Bering Strait could potentially help stabilize the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), according to research by Ph.D. candidate Jelle Soons from Utrecht University. Using ...

Scientists are exploring whether building a dam across the Bering Strait could stabilize the AMOC ocean current, slowing ...

Blocking the narrow waterway between Russia and Alaska could help stabilize a vulnerable system of ocean currents, scientists found in a study. By Raymond Zhong Brightening clouds. Refreezing the ...

The landlocked body of water has taken on new significance, with Russia shipping military and commercial goods to bolster ...

Brightening clouds. Refreezing the Arctic. Floating a giant parasol in outer space. To the ranks of out-there ideas for countering climate change, two Dutch scientists have added this: building a ...