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Around the North Pole, temperatures are so cold that parts of the ocean turn into solid ice called "sea ice.

Water is a precious resource, and all things need water to survive.

Ross MacPhee has always loved dirt. To him it means the opportunity to find lost things — from bones and teeth to pirate treasure.

Find out more about global warming. How, and why, we should slow it?

Solve these interactive story puzzles to find out how people and other animals live in the Arctic.

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At the top of the world is a cold and icy area called the Arctic. It is made up of the Arctic Ocean and parts of Nort...

Create weather tools to gather wind, rain, and pressure data in your neighborhood.

How do whales and walruses stay warm in chilly waters? Grab some gloves and find out.

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Winter brings snow and ice in places like northern Minnesota. But during the same season along Florida's beaches, tem...

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Antarctica is like no other place on Earth. The continent is covered almost entirely by a thick ice sheet. Yet there...

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There is nothing in the world like water. Without it, our world would be a very different place. Water covers over tw...

olc_288_polar_bear_listing

Polar bears are the top predator of the icy Arctic. But these large, furry white mammals have to work hard for their...

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Comets are like "dirty snowballs" that have orbited the Sun since our Solar System formed, billions of year...

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The frigid waters of the Arctic and the Antarctic may seem like hostile habitats. But a variety of marine life -- fro...

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Arctic ice is melting. Coral reefs are disappearing. Sea levels are rising. These events are part of an even bigger p...

Solve these story puzzles to find out more about how life in the Arctic is affected by climate change.

Find out how paleontologist John Flynn answered kids' questions.

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Saturn is known for the beautiful rings that form a giant hula hoop around it. The rings are made of chunks of ice an...

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Pluto was discovered in 1930 and considered to be the ninth planet in our solar system.

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The oddest thing about Uranus is that the planet, its rings, and its moons "roll" around the Sun on an axis...

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When most people think of flamingos, they imagine the delicate pink bird wading in a warm and sunny tropical marsh. N...

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Oscar Wisting was part of the famous Antarctic expedition led by the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen. He was a tale...

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More than 60 moons orbit Jupiter. One of these moons is Europa. It is especially intriguing to scientists. Miles belo...

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Bubbling hot springs. Antarctic ice. Deep ocean trenches. The Himalayan peaks. Few organisms can live in any of these...

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For over 1,000 years, people called the Inuit lived in the Arctic. Long ago, they relied on fishing and hunting for s...

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Ross MacPhee has always loved dirt. It means the opportunity to find lost things--from bones and teeth to pirate trea...

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Mars is often called the "red planet." It's red because its surface is covered with rusted particles of iron.

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Sandstone is made of tiny pieces of sand you can see and feel. You can actually scratch away grains of sand from a pi...

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Granite is an igneous rock, which means it formed from magma, or melted rock. It forms deep inside the Earth under a...

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It's fitting that the largest planet in our solar system is named after Jupiter, the supreme king of all Roman gods....

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Asteroids are space rocks that have existed since the formation of the planets over 4.6 billion years ago. Scientists...

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The smallest and most distant of the "gas giant" planets. Neptune has much in common with its three huge ne...

Smog in Normandy

Find out about Earth's climate, its consequences, and what we can do.

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Did you ever see a "shooting star"? What you really saw was a meteor burning up in the Earth's atmosphere.

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On July 5, 1997, the six-wheeled robotic rover, Sojourner, rolled down a ramp from the Pathfinder spacecraft onto the...

Watch these videos to explore Felicity's work as a conservation biologist.

Do you dig the Earth? If so, you'll want to meet Ed.

Check out the scrapbook to learn about this amazing race!

Ed Mathez on a rocky ledge with water behind

Find out how he became a geologist and what you can learn from studying rocks.

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The Viking mission was the first to explore Mars' surface. Two spacecraft, Viking 1 and 2, each with an orbiter and a...

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Pathfinder landed on Mars' surface carrying thesix-wheeled Sojourner rover, a mobile robot. Rover and lander took ov...

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Craters are formed when objects from space crash onto a planet's surface. The impact blasts a hole or impression wher...

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