When it comes to global warming and climate change, we often hear news stories about tipping points where Earth's systems shift into a new and dangerous state. One such may have been reached in the ...
A long-debated platinum spike in Greenland ice is best explained by volcanic activity rather than a cosmic impact, reshaping ideas about what triggered the Younger Dryas cooling. An unusual platinum ...
New studies show how algae grows on ice and snow, creating “dark zones” that exacerbate melting in the consequential region.
A population of bears in Norway’s Arctic is confounding scientists’ expectations, getting fatter and healthier even as the sea ice melts rapidly.
In 2006, scientists released the first version of the Arctic Report Card, now a staple at the Fall Meeting of the American ...
The age of humans is increasingly an age of sameness. Across the planet, distinctive plants and animals are disappearing, replaced by species that are lucky enough to thrive alongside humans and ...
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This polar bear population is thriving despite some of the most drastic sea ice loss in the Arctic
Polar bears that live along the Barents Sea near Svalbard -- the archipelago between Norway and the North Pole -- appear to be thriving, despite the region experiencing some of the most drastic sea ...
The finding offers a small window of hope for a polar bear population vulnerable to the effects of climate change.
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