Climate change in Earth's polar regions is emerging as an underrecognized driver of global health risks, with consequences ...

Polar warming is shaping the air we breathe, the water we drink, the food we grow, and the stability of our minds and bodies.

The Arctic is growing in geopolitical importance as warming trends melt ice and open lanes of transit through the region.

The polar vortex is one of Earth’s most powerful climate systems and scientists believe it may be collapsing. This could ...

As sea ice vanishes, polar ocean currents are stirring faster - reshaping heat, carbon, and nutrient flow across the Arctic and Antarctic.

Equipment to help monitor climate change has been set up in the Arctic Circle by researchers from the University of Leicester ...

These severe cold events occur when the polar jet stream – the familiar jet stream of winter that runs along the boundary between Arctic and more temperate air – dips deeply southward, bringing the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. For polar bears, the climate change diet is ...

A new study finds a link between chemicals and bone loss that could damage males' penises, potentially harming reproduction.

FILE - This March 25, 2009, file photo provided by the U.S. Geological Survey shows a polar bear in the Beaufort Sea region of Alaska. On Dec. 28, 1973, President Richard Nixon signed the Endangered ...

FILE - A male polar bear eats a piece of whale meat as it walks along the shore of Hudson Bay near Churchill, Manitoba, Aug. 23, 2010. With Arctic sea ice shrinking from climate change, many polar ...