Microplastics reach polar regions through long-distance ocean currents, atmospheric transport, and migratory species ...

Kenneth R Rosen offers a timely warning of climate change and melting ice paving the way to military-led land-grabs for ...

Hoping to make the Arctic safer for bears and people, a conservation group created 'bear-dar,' a radar-based polar bear ...

The changing climate poses a major threat to polar bear survival. But new research suggests that rising temperatures may be ...

Earth’s poles are undergoing simultaneous freakish extreme heat with parts of Antarctica more than 70 degrees (40 degrees Celsius) warmer than average and areas of the Arctic more than 50 degrees (30 ...

The Antarctic winter sea ice maximum is on track to be the second lowest on record, at 17.15 million square km² (6.62 million mi²), close to the 2023 record low of 16.96 million km² (6.55 million mi²) ...

Researchers analyzed blood samples from polar bears located in northeastern and southeastern Greenland. The results showed ...

Planes crossing the top of the world have become so normal that most people barely notice them anymore. Even so, hardly any ...

Extreme weather events have become significantly more common in the Arctic over recent decades, posing a threat to vital polar ecosystems, according to new research by an international team of ...

Ice sheets covering both the Arctic and Antarctic could melt more quickly than expected this century, according to two studies that blend computer modeling with paleoclimate records. Led by scientists ...

These six award-winning polar images reveal how Arctic wildlife survives at the coldest edge of the living world. Here’s a ...

The latest scientific assessments from the far north describe an Arctic that is not just warming, but rapidly crossing ...