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And you thought yellow snow was bad.
antarctic

The Strange Case of Antarctica’s Red and Green Snow

It’s not a Christmas trick, but the colorful effect could change everything.
Frank Jacobs, Big Think December 1, 2023
Te Matua Ngahere—"Father of the Forest"—a giant kauri tree growing in the Waipoua Forest of New Zealand, is the second-largest of its kind.
volcanoes

Wonder Is Everywhere: The World’s Oldest Trees, the Heaviest Ball of Twine, and More From Around the Web

Get a peek into what we’re obsessed with right now.
April White October 27, 2023
Scientists estimate there are some 4,000 bees native to the United States alone—but many of them are struggling to survive in our warming, pesticide-ridden world.
libraries

To Save America's Native Bees, the Oregon Bee Project Is Mapping Every Single One

The project aims to make a complete 'bee atlas,' detailing every single local pollinator.
Kate Raphael September 22, 2023
Iceland

Heinabergslón

A little-known, yet charming glacial lagoon.
Wisconsin's Wolf River, which flows through the Menominee Indian Reservation, where Indigenous traditions guide sustainable forestry.
forests

In Wisconsin, the Menominee Tribe's Sustainable Forestry Is Visible From Space

The Menominee Tribe's tradition of doing "what's best for the forest" has become a global model for sustainability.
Fred Pearce September 11, 2023
All illustrations: John Mata for Atlas Obscura
puzzles

The Atlas Obscura Crossword: Climate, Changed

AO Puzzles September 11, 2023
Georgetown, South Carolina

Hobcaw Barony

This former hunting grounds that once attracted U.S. presidents and other luminaries. Now it’s a privately owned research reserve dedicated to environmental sciences.
Wild bluebells, native to the area, are thriving once more on Eoghan Daltun's land on Ireland's Beara Peninsula.
forests

Rewilding His Corner of Ireland's Beara Peninsula Is One Man's Labor of Love

Eoghan Daltun has spent 14 years creating a showcase of native biodiversity.
Rory Carroll August 21, 2023
Daniel Hogan and Eli Schwat tow a sled of gear out to the Kettle Ponds study site this March.
science

The Curious Case of the Colorado River’s Missing Water

Researchers are trying to unravel the mystery of snow that falls but never shows up in the river.
Bella Biondini August 7, 2023
A jumping spider in Manila, Philippines.
meteorites

Wonder Is Everywhere: Spider Wrestling, the Return of the Giant Peanut, and More from Around the Web

Get a peek into what we’re obsessed with right now.
April White August 4, 2023
Fireflies glow along Japan's Hino River some 450 miles west of Tokyo.
insects

How A ‘Firefly Course’ Is Saving Japan’s Favorite Glowing Insect

At the Moriyama City Firefly Forest Museum, nurturing Genji fireflies comes with homework.
Shoshi Parks July 25, 2023
South Africa's northeastern region is a complex landscape of savanna, forest, and dramatic mountains, such as eMhlongamvula. The varied landscapes sit on massive gold deposits and some of the oldest continental crust on the planet.
science

The World's Oldest Glaciers Are Buried Under South African Gold

2.9-billion-year-old evidence could be proof of a lost ice age—the first “Snowball Earth.”
Gemma Tarlach July 12, 2023
Lake Powell, Utah

Gregory Natural Bridge

This natural sandstone bridge hasn't been seen since the 1960s when Lake Powell covered it—until now.
Video

Why Won't These Icebergs Leave Canada Alone? | Untold Earth

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Data from NASA’s Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite, or ICESat, show elevation across Antarctica. The low elevations on the left side show how the Weddell and Ross Seas were one connected.
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Octopuses (and Their DNA) Suggest Antarctica Will Melt Again

Two geographically separate populations of cute cephalopods once mated a very long time ago.
Frank Jacobs, Big Think June 9, 2023
Berlin is home to more than half the world's working gas streetlamps. They first illuminated Unter den Linden, Berlin’s central boulevard, almost two centuries ago.
politics

The Last Days of Berlin's Gas Streetlamps

Looking at the German city in a different light.
Alex Rennie June 1, 2023
architecture

Podcast: Koutammakou

Can the stunning earth-tower homes of Togo and Benin be saved?
The Podcast Team May 31, 2023
In 11th-century England, people used more than half a million eels in rental payments.
medieval

To Pay Rent in Medieval England, Catch Some Eels

The “Surprised Eel Historian” has mapped every eel rent recorded in medieval England.
Leah Hamilton May 18, 2023