Well, well, well. How inconvenient. Exactly 20 years after climate change was catapulted to the top of the political agenda, the poster creature of the crisis – the polar bear – appears to be doing remarkably well.

Svalbard’s chubby bears upend catastrophe talk—echoing Trump’s swagger and Gates’s pivot to adaptation.

Picture a figure skater gracefully spinning on the ice with their arms tucked tightly around their head. As they shift their arms towards their shoulders, their rotation slows down. Something similar is happening to Earth’s rotation these days.

Rising Arctic temperatures and melting sea ice could be causing cold air to flow into the Northern Hemisphere. But not all scientists agree.

This cruise line is teaching guests how to track climate change in polar ice caps - Exclusive: Passengers will work with scientist Joe Muise to collect data from Antarctica