The robot was part of a bigger mapping project that reveals the overall volume of ice in Antarctica, not just the ice cover.

Burning fossil fuels puts out a lot more than just CO2.

You might want to rethink that dream house by the ocean.

That's more underwater than usual.

New research calculates how individual CO2 emissions affect the Arctic's shrinking summer sea ice.

This long, cold winter has created the most ice cover on the Great Lakes in 20 years—and with ice cover usually at its peak in mid-March, there's still time for records to be broken.

The autonomous robot allows scientists to more safely study polar enviroments and also collects valuable information on ice conditions for climate research.

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

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

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.

Plus a bounty of facts about these freewheeling islands of ice.

Along with her large-scale drawings, artist Zaria Forman has recorded the eerie song of a warming planet.

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

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

The Japanese pursuit of shinrin-yoku uses trees and nature to heal oneself – here's how you can do it even in a park.

The 'puffin patrol' is saving baby puffins by the handful.

Humanity's innate love for nature is integrated into this design for a biologically attuned and meditative workspace in London.

Concerns over air pollution have led city officials to crack down on these controversial vehicles.

Solar control, security, privacy and ventilation, all in one clever device – why don't more buildings still have shutters?

Life can be hard for start-up companies, particularly in the current economic climate. Often the need to keep costs down means that decent office space becomes unaffordable. It can be even harder for a small company to implement a green office policy if

Proof that buildings from the 70s and 80s can be fixed well instead of demolished: Perkins + WIll gets the highest LEED score in America.

Things don't quite work as they are supposed to when people stand up.

Studies show that humans and kangaroos may have co-evolved to be mutually beneficial to one another.

We take a tour of a sustainable factory that turns discarded glass into durable building materials.

Why spend a fortune buying it when you don't use it that often?

It's a conversation most parents don't want to have, but it's necessary.

No one likes the rampant spending that goes along with gift-giving traditions, but all have different ideas for how to cope.

This intriguing design brings in more healthy rocking and rolling movement as you sit, work and socialize.

This might be a model for how to live lightly in a circular economy.

Supporters think the Arctic Apple will be a game changer - the first GMO to be marketed directly to consumers as convenience food.

Adapting to climate change is going to affect the lives of every human on Earth. But for some those impacts are hitting a little sooner and a little harder than they are for others.

What do greenhouse gases bubbling up look like? In these starkly elegant images, we get to seem them up close.

This month, BookHugger presents The Death and Life of Monterey Bay by Stephen R. Palumbi and Carolyn Sotka. Readers can order a discounted copy today to get ready for the live chat with the authors on June 13 at 3pm

A couple weeks ago, Jairo Mora Sandoval, a 26-year-old conservationist, was kidnapped by sea turtle poachers in Costa Rica. He was bound, beaten, and shot in the head. His body was found on the beach the next day.

This is a silly post, about a silly bit of news, but is a reminder that we really should think about what we eat.

When two male Alston's singing mice meet, they sing an operatic duet that researchers say offers clues about our own speech.

The graph says it all...

The map-makers are calling this the biggest change that they had to make since the breakup of the U.S.S.R.!

Tens of thousands of walrus haul out on Alaska’s shore.

This week, delegates are meeting to determine the fate of a proposal to protect part of the Arctic. This pianist's moving performance urges people to show their support.

NASA's monthly Puzzler is meant to puzzle readers; this one has the experts puzzled as well.

The laser-outfitted satellite will be able to pick up shifts in the ice on a very small scale.

A new NOAA report reveals we've lost 95% of the Arctic's oldest, thickest sea ice. Here's what that looks like.

These pink and blue-tinted photographs suggest that our biology has a big influence on the way we perceive reality.

"Come touch the Greenland ice sheet and be touched by it."

Not much point in having a healthy house if you spend all day in an unhealthy office.

The only things that ever seems to affect SUV and pickup sales are the economy and the price of gas.

Cotton is ubiquitous in modern life but the long trail between the fields in which the crop grows and the store at which a finished item is purchased is seldom considered.