No one owns Antarctica. Could that change? Posted: March 12, 2025 | Last updated: March 12, 2025 Antarctica has been governed by a treaty of nations since 1959, but that system is under pressure ...

The Yarlung Tansgpo / Brahmaputra dam shows we often don’t know how to deal with rivers that cross national borders.

Just look at the agreements governing Antarctica." No country owns Antarctica, but many have claimed land on the continent, including Norway. The culmination of these claims was the Antarctic ...

The Trump administration has placed a 10 percent “ reciprocal tariff ” on the Heard and McDonald Islands, which are external ...

China recently approved the construction of the world's largest hydropower dam, across the Yarlung Tsangpo river in Tibet. When fully up and running, it will be the world's largest power plant—by some ...

Scientists have some wild ideas to slow sea-level rise caused by melting ice. Glaciers generally move so slowly you can’t see ...

Smita Warrier — and yes, that really is her last name — was among just a few dozen runners who paid $50,000 for a whirlwind trip covering 183.4 miles of running and 28,000 miles of flying.

For nearly a century, LaMacchia Travel in Kenosha has set up trips for people going all over the globe, from Disney World to ...

In a remote research base in Antarctica, a group of South African ... One of them is a doctor who owns a skincare brand. Another one is a meteorologist and the rest are engineers.