Latest
Steelmaking is a major source of emissions. These companies are racing to fix it.
Now’s the only time you can get a Sam’s Club membership and $10 gift card for $15
Featured in Arctic
From the archives: Inside the U.S. Army’s plan to build a luxurious city under the Arctic
In 1960, Popular Science dove into the military's big subterranean plans for Camp Century, before they were abandoned in 1967.
How researchers in a simulated moon habitat survived extreme isolation
Two researchers braved loneliness, harsh elements, and each other in a tiny Arctic capsule.
A greener Arctic is not a climate change solution
More plants doesn't always mean increased carbon sequestration.
Record-breaking heat is bombarding the North and South poles
Melting at this rate shouldn’t be happening in the North and South at the same time.
Less ice in the Arctic could mean more wildfires in the US
Researchers uncovered a surprising climate connection.
Arctic rainfall will surpass snowfall by 2060, predictions show
The shift from snow to rain in Arctic falls will have global repercussions.
This CRISPR startup thinks that mammoths can save the Arctic. Is it right?
A new company co-founded by gene-editing pioneer George Church wants to disrupt climate change and conservation by resurrecting the woolly mammoth.
Researchers retraced a woolly mammoth’s steps 17,000 years after it died
Woolly mammoths roamed over wide open spaces, tusk analysis suggests.
The real Jurassic Park may have been in the Arctic
Carnivores and herbivores alike spent big chunks of time in modern-day Alaska.
Lightning strikes could double in the Arctic this century, setting the tundra on fire
Climate change is driving the increase in Arctic lightning, creating a nightmarish positive feedback loop.
