Scientists have long opposed polar geoengineering. Some now believe it will be necessary.

Their icy hunting grounds are rapidly shrinking, but polar bears in Norway's remote Svalbard archipelago have defied the odds by bulking up instead of wasting away, according to a new study said. The ...

Winter of 2026 has been a warning about how extreme weather is becoming a common theme of our lives, be it blistering heat, deep cold, or record snow. It’s a reminder that the atmosphere is responding ...

Researchers working on Kyrgyzstan's Adygene Glacier measured about 36 centimeters of ice loss in just 20 days.

Sea-level rise has accelerated across Africa in recent decades, thanks to global warming and, in particular, to the melting ...

A team hopes to place instruments in the waters beneath the colossal Thwaites Glacier, with the help of a drill that uses hot ...

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 ...

In a warming world, the polar bear has become the unofficial mascot of ecological collapse. We’ve all seen the photos of ...

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It’s often easier to blindfold ourselves or close our eyes to a looming catastrophe than to confront it, and nowhere is this ...

When glacier algae flourish, promoted by the dust, they effectively paint the ice a darker colour, reducing its capacity to reflect sunlight and increasing the amount of heat absorbed from it.