A Learjet will depart from Wichita this week as pilots try to fly to the South Pole, then the North Pole and back to Wichita ...

Lightning near the North Pole reveals dramatic climate changes as Arctic temperatures rise and storms intensify.

NASA's EZIE (Electrojet Zeeman Imaging Explorer) mission has taken its first measurements.

A new study suggests the extinction of Neanderthals nearly coincided with a shift in Earth's magnetic field that let more ...

About 41,000 years ago, Homo sapiens may have survived increased solar radiation caused by a weakening magnetic field by ...

New research from the University of Michigan suggests that early Homo sapiens may have survived this event by using clever ...

Ancient homo sapiens may have benefitted from mineral-based sun protection, living in caves and even tailored clothing.

The team found that the North Pole wandered over Europe when the magnetic ... Mukhopadhyay created a 3D reconstruction of ...

Additionally, ancient humans may have ramped up their use of ochre. This naturally occurring pigment is composed of iron ...

The North Pole is one of the most intriguing and extreme environments ... reminding us of the interconnectedness of all life on Earth.

During the North Pole’s summer, sea ice typically shrinks to between 1 and 2 million square miles — roughly four times less than in the winter. According to sea ice experts, above-average air ...