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What is the polar vortex, and how does it keep the climate in chec
PHOTOGRAPHS BY FLORIAN LEDOUX; SELAR Aged 26, Sophie ...
Winters are long and summers are short in the north of the Arctic Circle. Keith Allan joins Swan Hellenic’s Diana on a 10-day Norwegian odyssey, taking in ‘cod’s own country’
chold more water, so as the temperature climbs, the atmosphere acts like a sponge, sucking even more moisture out of vegetation and soils. This means that when the rain does eventually fall, it’s much
One of the most important features of extrasolar planets is whether they have an atmosphere or not. For astrobiology in particular, small, rocky planets blanketed with an atmosphere offer the best hop
Exciting ways to get away from it all
Smothering, transformative and beautiful, fog’s close-set shroud has inspired titans of literature, cinema and art–and forces the rest of us to look at the world a little closer, writes John Lewis-Stempel