A new study finds that if global warming exceeds the Paris Climate Agreement targets, the non-polar glacier mass will diminish significantly. However, if warming is limited to 1.5 degrees Celsius, at ...

If Earth stays at its current levels of warming — below policymakers’ goal of 1.5 degrees Celsius — polar ice sheets may melt, causing seas to rise and displacing coastal communities, a study finds.

took fat tissue biopsies from polar bears to study the impact of pollutants on their health. The expedition came at a time when the Arctic region was warming at four times the global average, putting ...

The polar regions are cold, remote and off-putting, but there are thousands of polar words in English – and not just words ...

But this increase, documented in NASA satellite data, is a temporary anomaly rather than an indication that global warming has reversed, scientists say.

Polar Bear. Photo by Hans-Jurgen Mager, via Unsplash. The Arctic is warming nearly four times faster than the global average, causing dramatic reductions in sea ice extent, thickness, and duration.

Seals face formidable predators in polar waters, with killer whales (Orcinus orca) and polar bears (Ursus maritimus ... a serious threat to the iceberg-utilization strategy employed by seals across ...

TACOMA, Wash. — Wildlife experts are responding to concerns about one of their polar bear’s health and treatment after a recent video gained thousands of views on the social media app TikTok.

It finds that the world's wealthiest 10% are responsible for two-thirds of observed global warming since 1990 and the resulting increases in climate extremes such as heat waves and droughts.

At the San Diego Zoo, social media responded to a viral video of a very lethargic polar bear in its enclosure drooling and panting. It had been a Reddit photo and comment that began to worry animal ...