A gigatonne of ice here, a gigatonne of ice there... Soon enough we're talking about a meaningful quantity!

Two steps forward, one step back for Japan. The rest of the world has moved on from whaling, why couldn't they do too?

We don't hear about the ozone layer as much as we used to anymore, but that doesn't mean that the problem has been solved.

The robots have gathered new information that will help scientists determine how fast the ice is melting.

This looks a bit like the Hoth rebel station in Return of the Jedi...

After ten years of work, the Antarctic Heritage Trust has done an amazing job of restoring and preserving.

Another signs that the poles are warming fast.

The 10,000 year-old ice shelf is half the size of Rhode Island; its collapse will add greatly to global sea level rise.

By 'fertilizing the oceans,' icebergs are actually helping to sequester more carbon. But that doesn't mean we should keep on polluting.

Even a species that has benefited from temperature increases in the past may be hurt by excessive warming.

New discovery points to troubling signs for the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, the collapse of which would prove catastrophic.

Lessons from Amundsen: travel fast and light with a small footprint.

The Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise is on a 3-month Antarctic expedition, supporting an international proposal for the world’s largest protected area.

Wind on the snow dunes of the Ross Ice Shelf causes a near-constant hum that is as beautiful as it is haunting.

In support of Greenpeace's Antarctic campaign, this may be the prettiest video I've ever watched – and the cause couldn't be more important.

It turns out you can still be a high-performing athlete on a plant-based diet.

Or, how to make a super special meal with just a few ingredients.

Turn your bathroom into a spa with an exfoliating DIY body scrub. Here are 8 homemade scrubs made with ingredients already in your kitchen.

These high-end kits make converting a van into a home-on-wheels an easier proposition.

This young man's mortgage-free home includes an interesting self-built version of the rare species known as the heated ceiling.

We are now prisoners of the petrochemical industry.

The French government has set a goal of eliminating all single-use plastics by 2040. Phase one has begun.

This is the "guns don't kill people, people kill people" defense.

I tasked myself with buying no plastic bottles for the year; here's how it's going so far.

Load up the Krug and the caviar and go for a spin.

"There is nothing – absolutely nothing – half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats." (Kenneth Grahame)

The 'mega cruises' are harming the environment, the island's aesthetic appeal, and local quality of life.

It solves the young activist's dilemma of wanting to attend two U.N. climate change summits without relying on fossil fuels.

Templar Marine introduces a Torqeedo powered dayboat that is a thing of beauty.

A new study shows that there is some seriously low-hanging fruit here that would deliver more bang for the buck.

Laura Laker of the Guardian describes growing complaints in Germany and the UK.

The company is ramping up pressure on suppliers to design less wasteful packaging.

Made by NPR, it explains what's recyclable, what becomes trash, and why.

This year, Gandhi's birthday will be marked by a national crackdown on six specific plastic items.

A ban will take place in the new year, followed by crackdowns on straws and grocery bags.

A scientific assessment has confirmed enormous amounts of waste and definite harm to wildlife.

Judith Thornton questions the conventional wisdom about plastic packaging. She has a controversial point.

Learning which plastics are most harmful to health is one thing you can do.

The ancient Ok glacier, a fraction of its former size and unable to move, was declared dead in 2014.

Some places have looked at paying people to recycle, but others think it makes more sense to charge people for their waste instead. When the UK talked about implementing a "pay-as-you-throw" scheme for trash, our readers were

Preserving fisheries is crucial. But one fisherman argues that regulation can do more harm than good, and that fishing communities used to regulate themselves.

One craftsman is on a mission. Not only is he reclaiming and repairing quality hand tools. He is taking on corporate hegemony in the process.

Some pretty smart designers, builders and consultants have a pretty good idea for a sensible building standard.

Picture having a massive, beautiful expanse of woods near your home. You go there to hike, fish, hunt -- just to enjoy nature. Now picture a highway running through it.

It's the first conference of the North American Passive House Network and it sounds like it was a lot of fun.

The flying robots will start helping officials to locate lost hikers.

And GO Logic shows again that they really do with the Little House on the Ferry.

Who says you can't have both beauty and efficiency?

In an effort to support local food production and defend customers' rights to buy and eat whatever local farm products they want, 16 towns in Maine have created their own local food ordinances.

Despite needing to pay a hefty tuition bill this fall, Hannah Rousey refused to take money from Poland Spring Bottling Co., a subsidiary of Nestlé.