Acclaimed Ski Mountaineer Guillaume “Gee” Pierrel Dies in an Avalanche on K6

New Trump rules make it more costly to electrify North Carolina homes

The Department of Energy recently announced new guidance that prevents “fuel switching,” scrambling the state’s first-ever electrification program.

A New Species of Pit Viper Emerges in the Himalayas

DNA helped differentiate the venomous serpent from its closest relative The post A New Species of Pit Viper Emerges in the Himalayas appeared first on Nautilus.

A Plunge on a Glacier Peak Triggered a Precision Chopper Rescue. Here is How Crew Members Pulled It Off.

Rescuers tell Outside about the dramatic hoist rescue of two climbers stranded on Mount Siyeh in Glacier National Park after a fall. The post A Plunge on a Glacier Peak Triggered a Precision Chopper Rescue. Here is How Crew Members Pulled It Off. appeared first on Outside Online.

You Don’t Need Expensive Gear to Climb a Mountain. Just Ask Kate Middleton.

The Princess of Wales completed the National Three Peaks Challenge wearing basic running shorts. Here's why that might change your approach to buying gear. The post You Don’t Need Expensive Gear to Climb a Mountain. Just Ask Kate Middleton. appeared first on Outside Online.

El Niño is here, and it’s already scrambling fisheries throughout the Pacific

The extraordinary life and quiet death of the world's largest iceberg

Forty years after breaking away from Antarctica, the frozen colossus known as A23a died as it lived: drifting around the bottom of the globe, fascinating ardent observers, and offering scientists critical new insights about our living ocean.