Polar heirlooms hold clues to our future

Beneath the vast Arctic and Antarctic ice sheets, there’s a weird world unlike any other

Just before Christmas, a bitter wind blew in. Ice and snow descended, first in Scotland and then, on Boxing Day, across the rest of the UK. Before it could melt or the new year arrive, a second blizza

Hop aboard as Daisy Dobrijevic sets sail to discover the world’s most unusual beasts.

Soils are the world’s most pervasive ecosystems, and arguably its most complex and important. They’re home to more than half the planet’s species. But they’re also one of the ecosystems we know the le

The elevator pitch made this trip sound very glamorous, but it’s nearing 43ºC and I’ve been stooping around in the desert for over an hour, eyes fixed on the arid earth. We’re in the Turkana Basin in

I grew up in Greenland skiing and shooting, and competed for Denmark in biathlon at the Milano Cortina Olympics. But the sport I love is becoming harder to recognize as a winter sport at all. At the w