Critical permafrost research in Russia disrupted by war in Ukraine

One arctic fox’s incredible journey from Norway to Canada

Antarctica Dispatch 3: The ship’s first encounters with icebergs

Antarctica Dispatch 2: Crossing the Drake Passage

In Iceland, a shifting sculpture for a changing Arctic  

The story behind why Paraguay followed the US and moved its embassy to Jerusalem

Josh Katz’s Dialect Quiz Show

In the dead of winter, plants are already starting to prepare for spring — underground

Think you know how to pronounce Berlin, New Hampshire? Think again.

Earthquakes create as well as destroy

Name the lost landmass that once bridged the UK and Europe

Why are we having such a hard time coming up with a name for ISIS? (ISIL? Daesh?)

Could the polar vortex have something to do with global warming?

Of the following US states: Connecticut, Nebraska, and California, which ones fall entirely south of Canada’s southernmost border?

Los Angeles immigrant community pushes to keep Zapotec language alive

Part I: Rethinking the Model Family

Climate disruption and sea level rise

Climate change enhances risks of glacial lakes flooding mountain communities

Ethiopia’s economy benefiting from emigrants returning home

World powers battle for influence over Central Asia

Greenland ice sheet experiences massive melt in mid-July

In Norway, an isolated island at the center of global research on climate change

Group trying to develop new list of 7 Wonders of the World, with natural twist

Mapping error sparks new stance on climate change

Saving Haiti’s art and culture

Charter Cities: Curing poverty or neo-imperialism?

The fantasy side of Florida in ‘Swamplandia!’

Namibia’s Coastal Desert Named Newest World Heritage Site

Scientists Debate the Prospects for Bringing Woolly Mammoth Back to Life

Kazakhs Respond to Boston Bombing Arrests

Why the Czech Republic is Reaching Out to West, Texas

Landlocked Country in South America Sues Neighbor to Get Coastline Back

28-Disc Series ‘Ethiopiques’ the Result of Francis Falceto’s Efforts to Preserve Ethiopian Music

On the Road to Gao, Mali, Dangers Still Loom

Fatoumata Diawara Sings for Peace and the Emancipation of Women in Mali

The Politics Behind French Intervention in Mali

What’s in a Name in Ethiopia?

Neba Solo: Mali’s Balafon Master

Hurricane Sandy Hit Haiti, Too

5,000-Year-Old Timber Found Perfectly Preserved in Marsh

Two Years After Earthquake, Symbols of Resilience Sprout in Haiti

La Yegros Brings Sensuality to Argentine Music Scene

Spain’s Ongoing Decade of Self-Delusion

High Art in the Himalayas

Sonia M’Barek: Tunisian Singer with Roots in Medieval Iberian Kingdom

Mali Chaos Continues

Prince Koloni: French Guiana’s Star

Slideshow: Gold Artifacts Offer Clues to Ancient Nomadic Life

Video: Galapagos of the Middle East

Ruling on the 1804 Spanish Galleon Sunken Treasure

Slideshow: An Underground River in the Philippines

Video: Malian Band SMOD’s Desert-Dry Groove

Tensions Between Washington and Tehran Continue to Rise

Top of the Hour: Leon Panetta Draws Line With Iran, Morning Headlines

An Island Nation That Will Have ‘No Friday’

Saudi Company Leases Ethiopian Land for Rice Export

BirdNote ® – Snail Kite – Bird of the Everglades

Times Atlas erroneously depicts Greenland land erosion

Haiti’s Art in Peril

Central American Isthmus