An abrupt change in Antarctica has caused the continent to gain ice. But this increase, documented in NASA satellite data, is ...

Breakthrough study reveals how woolly mammoths and Arctic animals evolved their cold-weather superpowers over 3 million years ...

A team of climate researchers and engineers is working with local Arctic communities to try to address melting sea ice.

New research shows polar ice sheets may begin irreversible collapse even at 1.5°C warming - putting millions at risk.

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

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° Fahrenheit (1 ...

As polar ice continues to melt at alarming rates, Arctic and Antarctic wildlife are facing unprecedented challenges. From polar bears struggling to find food to penguins losing their breeding ...

Polar bears spend most of their time on the ice. Even in winter when temps drop to negative 60 degrees, and it’s dark all the time, they stay out in the ice and snow. That ice melts back a bit ...

Polar bears are developing horrific wounds on their paws due to changing ice conditions in the Arctic ... Warmer temperatures also cause the surface snow to melt and then refreeze into a hard ...

A second possibility is that more warm spells are causing the surface snow to melt and then refreeze into a hard crust. The heavy polar bears break through this ice crust, cutting their paws on ...

(AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel) More than polar bears are threatened in this changing gateway to the Arctic, where warmer waters melt sea ice earlier in the year and the open ocean lingers longer.