EnvironmentSpecial report: How climate change is melting France’s largest glacierAs the UN prepares its report on the fate of the world’s ice, Adam Vaughan visits the dramatically changing landscape of Mer de Glace near Mont Blanc51¶¯Âþ
People in ScienceAlexander von Humboldt Alexander von Humboldt was a naturalist and explorer whose books about his travels won legions of admirers, among them the young Charles Darwin.