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Around the North Pole, temperatures are so cold that parts of the ocean turn into solid ice called "sea ice.
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Water is a precious resource, and all things need water to survive.
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Ross MacPhee has always loved dirt. To him it means the opportunity to find lost things — from bones and teeth to pirate treasure.
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Solve these interactive story puzzles to find out how people and other animals live in the Arctic.
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Find out more about global warming. How, and why, we should slow it?
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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...
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Create weather tools to gather wind, rain, and pressure data in your neighborhood.
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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...
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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...
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Solve these story puzzles to find out more about how life in the Arctic is affected by climate change. 
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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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Bubbling hot springs. Antarctic ice. Deep ocean trenches. The Himalayan peaks. Few organisms can live in any of these...
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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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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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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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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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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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Find out about Earth's climate, its consequences, and what we can do.
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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...
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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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For thousands of years, humans have relied on the power of wind to sail across oceans, pump water, and grind grain.
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As a kid, John Flynn had a rock collection and made lots of trips with his family and school to the American Museum o...
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Watch these videos to explore Felicity's work as a conservation biologist.
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Some people may call invertebrates spineless because they lack a backbone or spine! But these amazing creatures are t...
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Do you dig the Earth? If so, you'll want to meet Ed.
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Check out the scrapbook to learn about this amazing race!
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On July 5, 1997, the six-wheeled robotic rover, Sojourner, rolled down a ramp from the Pathfinder spacecraft onto the...
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Find out how he became a geologist and what you can learn from studying rocks.
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Ed Mathez has always been fascinated by rocks and the Earth. As a young boy, he went with his mother to old rock quar...
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Igneous rocks form when magma, or melted rock from inside the Earth, cools and hardens. They can form above ground wh...
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Take a deep breath and exhale slowly. Your body just released carbon dioxide, a colorless gas that's essential to lif...
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When you ride in a car, watch your favorite television show, or take a hot shower, you're most likely using fossil fu...
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As a child in Norway, Roald Amundsen dreamed of being a polar explorer. At 26, he was one of the first people to spen...
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In the early 1900s, Olav Bjaaland was a skiing champion in Norway. In 1910, he joined famous explorer Roald Amundsen...
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In 1910, British naval officer Robert Falcon Scott set sail for Antarctica aboard the Terra Nova. He hoped to be the...
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Henry Bowers was no stranger to the sea. He had sailed around the world 5 times. But when he join- ed Robert Scott's...
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Apsley Cherry-Garrard was 24 when he joined Robert Scott's expedition to Antarctica. Known as "Cherry," he...