New research shows polar ice sheets may begin irreversible collapse even at 1.5°C warming - putting millions at risk.

The polar regions are cold, remote and off-putting, but there are thousands of polar words in English – and not just words ...

If Earth stays at its current levels of warming — below policymakers’ goal of 1.5 degrees Celsius — polar ice sheets may melt ...

Researchers are trying to rebuild sea ice above the Arctic Circle so it can reflect the sun’s warming rays, slowing climate ...

The research by an international team of sea level and polar ice experts suggests that limiting warming to 2.7 degrees ...

The winter had been the mildest in 75 years. The sea ice covering the Arctic Ocean was at its smallest extent on record. Scientists predict that within the next 15 years this ice cap will ...

Mammoths and giant ground sloths migrated poleward. And the ice caps covering the Arctic and Antarctica began to melt, raising sea levels around the world. A vast array of ancient evidence ...

The research by an international team of sea level and polar ice experts suggests that limiting warming to 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit (1.5 degrees Celsius) above the pre-industrial temperature—the Paris ...

These words include greenout, icefish, afterborn and sea ice. Bernadette Hince with original card files, holding possible quotations for her polar dictionary, Cold Words. What does 'polar' mean?

These words include greenout, icefish, afterborn and sea ice. Climatologists, geographers, biologists and ocean scientists each have their own ideas of what constitutes the Arctic and the Antarctic.