Antarctica: Scientists discovered a gaping cavity in a vast glacier, caused by warming waters, that could speed up its decay. This glacier is already responsible for about 4 percent of the world’s rising sea levels. Jane Harper: The novelist seemed to become Australia’s most widely read crime writer almost overnight. Perspective: Australia’s wild horses, known as brumbies, have long captured the public’s imagination and symbolized the national spirit. But they’re destroying the fragile environment and should be culled, argues a senior correspondent at The Australian Financial Review.

Source: New York Times February 03, 2019 19:30 UTC