Peatlands are important — the UN Environment Programme estimates as much as 600 billion tonnes of carbon are stored there, as decaying organic material gets trapped inside a water-rich environment.

The city has a tentative plan for the Furgary Shacks, the cluster of shanties on the Hudson River that date back to the 1880s. Two of the remaining shacks would be reconstructed for other uses and a ...

Arctic daily sea ice extent continued to hover near record daily lows in January, with the ice edge well northward of its long-term average position in most areas. In contrast to the cold conditions ...

The polar vortex has split and will drift into the Hudson Bay through next week with sustainable cold weather returning to ...

More than 3,000 people from across the country responded to the survey, which ranked the Top 100 winter road trips.

Economically, however, it’s a tough sell. The port is small by today’s standards and only open four months per year. The ...

Why didn’t the United States annex Canada during earlier historical periods? In short, because it didn’t want to. President ...

Canada's musicians provide many new vacation ideas for U.S. travelers, recommending beloved destinations and sites that are unfamiliar to American vacationers.

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There are eight cities in the county with Stockton being the largest at 319,500 making it the 13th largest in California and ...

Joseph L. Hudson, the founder and principal stockholder of the Detroit-area department stores named for him, provided the necessary capital for the venture and allowed his name to also be used for ...