Dramatic Melting of Arctic Ice Can Lead to Extinction of Polar Bears by the End of the Century: Scientists Warn The Arctic ...

Cold-adapted animals started to evolve 2.6 million years ago when the permanent ice at the poles became more prevalent. There followed a time when the continental ice sheets expanded and contracted ...

A new study has provided fresh insights into how animals such as the woolly mammoth, musk ox and arctic fox evolved to ...

The research by an international team of sea level and polar ice experts suggests that limiting warming to 2.7 degrees ...

Polar bear numbers have increased in recent decades, but it’s not because climate change isn’t affecting them. Strict conservation efforts and hunting bans helped populations recover after steep ...

Across Antarctica, Greenland, and other polar areas, icy glaciers cover large areas of land and extend into the sea. These glaciers shrink and grow with the seasons. Jonathan Bamber of the University ...

If Earth stays at its current levels of warming — below policymakers’ goal of 1.5 degrees Celsius — polar ice sheets may melt ...

Researchers are trying to rebuild sea ice above the Arctic Circle so it can reflect the sun’s warming rays, slowing climate ...