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

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 ...

The initial results and observations from preliminary field experiments are inconclusive but encouraging. For example, the ...

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

You don’t have to pay much attention to the news to know that climate change is causing Arctic sea ice to melt—and to understand that this is a huge problem. Ice reflects sunlight, which helps ...

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 ...

As tensions rise to grab Arctic resources, the U.S. is racing to construct a new icebreaker vessel that can secure a foothold ...

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 ...

In the dim twilight of an Arctic winter's day, with the low sun stretching its orange fingers across the frozen sea, a group of researchers drill a hole through the ice and insert a hydrogen-powered ...

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?