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In front of a floor-to-ceiling glass door in the living room of Najannguac Dalgård Christensen, necklaces with amulets carved out of bone and seal claws dangle from a coat hanger.

Healing old wounds: The revival of Greenlandic Inuit tattoos in Denmark

Greenland’s Indigenous peoples once wore bold face tattoos that carried deep spiritual and cultural significance. But during the centuries of Denmark's colonial rule, the Inuit tradition of getting face and hand tattoos disappeared. One Inuk tattoo artist is now reviving a piece of Inuit heritage for community members living in Denmark.

Healing old wounds: The revival of Greenlandic Inuit tattoos in Denmark
Two people are shown in shadow running toward an ambulance with red brake lights on in the rain.

Brazil exceeds 4,000 daily COVID-19 deaths, India sees record infections

Brazil exceeds 4,000 daily COVID-19 deaths, India sees record infections
A small crowd of people are shown examining green ballots next to rows of boxes.

Main opposition party against mining wins Greenland election

Main opposition party against mining wins Greenland election
Remnants of ancient Greenland tundra were preserved in soil beneath the ice sheet.

Ancient leaves preserved under a mile of Greenland's ice – and lost in a freezer for years – hold lessons about climate change

Ancient leaves preserved under a mile of Greenland's ice – and lost in a freezer for years – hold lessons about climate change
A polar bear is shown in the distance standing on a piece of ice among a large grouping of flat floating ice pieces.

How the Trump administration's climate denial left its mark on the Arctic Council

How the Trump administration's climate denial left its mark on the Arctic Council
A vast, white sheet of ice

Rapid ice melt and sea-level rise will be part of our global future — no matter what

The Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets are melting at alarming rates due to climate change and will continue to do so for decades — even if the Paris climate agreement goals are met.

Rapid ice melt and sea-level rise will be part of our global future — no matter what
A woman is shown wearing a red shirt and walking with a crate next to a heavily damaged home.

Earth's hottest decade on record marked by extreme storms, deadly wildfires

As global warming intensified, people and ecosystems felt the climate changing, from the hurricane-ravaged coasts to the fast-warming Arctic.

Earth's hottest decade on record marked by extreme storms, deadly wildfires
Underland cave light

A new book explores 'Underland,' the deep, dark areas below the Earth

For nearly a decade, author Robert Macfarlane has been venturing into ice caves, exploring underwater rivers and crawling through catacombs. His latest book, "Underland: A Deep Time Journey," documents these travels and explores the human relationship with the "deep time" of down below.

A new book explores 'Underland,' the deep, dark areas below the Earth
A red helicopter is shown landed on the Greenland ice sheet with team of three professors and three students unload their gear.

PHOTOS: Up close and personal with Greenland’s massive ice sheet

Researchers on Greenland’s ice sheet are trying to find out more about our planet and the future implications with rising seas. It’s also spectacularly beautiful and surreal.

PHOTOS: Up close and personal with Greenland’s massive ice sheet
Three people walk across ground covered in ice and snow as the horizon stretches behind them.

As Greenland’s ice sheet melts, scientists push to learn ‘how fast’

The Greenland ice sheet has long helped cool the world and keep sea levels stable. But now it's melting, and scientists are trying to learn as much as they can, as fast as they can.

As Greenland’s ice sheet melts, scientists push to learn ‘how fast’
A man is perched atop a propeller of a small twin engine plane on a tarmac. The plane is bright cherry red.

At sea and in the sky, scientists brave wicked weather to explore a key ocean current

The global circulatory system is incredibly complex, and parts of it, like the North Icelandic Jet, are barely understood. That's why these scientists are in Iceland in the dead of winter.

At sea and in the sky, scientists brave wicked weather to explore a key ocean current
Snow is blown off of the calving front off of Thurston Island in western Antarctica in this photo, taken in November 2014. New findings show the western side of Antarctica to be more vulnerable to warming oceans — and increased ice loss — than first thoug

A scientist's response to Antarctic ice loss: 'We can act.'

When it came to figuring how much ice loss was taking place over the last five years in Antarctica, they knew it was a bad situation — but they did not realize it was this bad.

A scientist's response to Antarctic ice loss: 'We can act.'
members of a battalion lining up in front of a palace

There are 28 other monarchies in the world

Are you obsessing over Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding? Well, to help you get your royal fix, here's some other information about other royal families.

There are 28 other monarchies in the world
A man walks in the snow next to the Houses of Parliament in London on March 1. Brtain and much of the rest of Europe have been hit with a late winter blast linked to extreme warming in the Arctic.

Europe's cold blast, Arctic's heat wave are 'two sides of the same coin'

While it's been unusually cold and snowy in much of Europe, the Arctic has been seeing record warm temperatures and a huge loss of ice. Here's how the two are linked, and what they might have to do with climate change.

Europe's cold blast, Arctic's heat wave are 'two sides of the same coin'
Bomb cyclone

Climate change will accelerate extreme weather events in the coming years

Hurricanes, floods, heat, drought, wildfires — climate change is creating the conditions for an increased risk of catastrophic weather events in the coming years, according to climate researchers.

Climate change will accelerate extreme weather events in the coming years