One the John Muir's finest pieces--and one of my favorite pieces of writing--is about surviving a sudden snowstorm with the help of fumaroles. The whole thing is very much worth reading. Our ...

George Steinmetz was drawn to Mount Erebus, in Antarctica, by the ice. The volcano constantly sputters hot gas and lava, sculpting surreal caves and towers that the photographer had read about and was ...

What comes to mind when you think of Antarctica? Probably snow and ice. But a group of international scientists are shaking up what we think we know about the continent after unveiling a new, very ...