The haunting polar bear photo is one of 24 finalists for the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Nuveen People’s Choice Award ...
Decades of melting sea ice and increasingly ice-free days in the region have not had the expected health impacts on this ...
Against the backdrop of Arctic warming, polar bears in Norway’s far north are gaining fat and feeding on new prey—a testament ...
An image of polar bears napping along the Hudson Bay coast in Canada has been shortlisted for the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Nuveen People's Choice Award 2026.
From shrinking goats to a dimmer Earth, here are some of the lesser-known impacts of rising global temperatures.
Arctic sea ice has large effects on the global climate. By cooling the planet, Arctic ice impacts ocean circulation, ...
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Some polar bears have been getting chunkier—despite losing their main hunting grounds to climate change
Arctic temperatures are rising nearly four times faster than those in the rest of the world, resulting in the loss of sea ice ...
It’s this dynamic that documentarians Jack Weisman and Gabriela Osio Vanden explore in the thought-provoking and upsetting ...
Polar bears near Svalbard are gaining fat despite sea ice loss, revealing how some Arctic wildlife is adapting to warming.
Remarkably, the number of days with no ice in the region increased by roughly 100 during that period. And yet, as the authors found, the body condition of both male and female polar bears—i.e., how ...
Polar bears, a mascot for the impacts of climate change, are threatened by melting sea ice. These iconic Arctic predators ...
Seals favored by Svalbard bears are becoming easier to hunt as ice declines, a study found. But researchers say the situation may be temporary.
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