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4 Key Moments That Forced Americans to Confront Climate Change

Over the course of a few decades, a number of jarring events in the U.S. have highlighted major consequences of climate change.

Why More and More Shipwrecks Are Being Discovered

Tens of thousands of shipwrecks lie lost and forgotten on the sea floor—but efforts to locate and explore them have seen great advances.

The Inuit Woman Who Survived Alone on an Arctic Island After a Disastrous Expedition

In the early 1920s, 25‑year‑old Ada Blackjack survived two years on the frigid Wrangel Island after a failed expedition to claim the island for Canada.

Miracle of the Andes: How Survivors of the Flight Disaster Struggled to Stay Alive

When an Uruguayan rugby team crashed in the Andes on October 13, 1972, cannibalism helped some survive two months in harsh conditions.