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

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

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

As underlying permafrost (permanently frozen ground) melts and Arctic ... there's trouble with polar bear habitat (the polar bear is also known as white bear, nanook, sea bear and ice bear).

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 ...

He has descended into hundreds of ice caves, measures how intensively snow and ice melt on Spitsbergen and ... "One day, when we were on the route, a polar bear climbed into the red house through ...

With one foot braced on the helicopter's landing skid, a veterinarian lifted his air rifle, took aim and fired a tranquilizer ...

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