Researchers have found cold-water acclimation affects cellular function, upregulating protective mechanisms that could ...

In carnivore enclosures, water pools will be kept filled and shaded, while sprinklers will be installed for tigers, lions, ...

The Arctic reaches its maximum sea ice in March each year and then starts a six-month melt season. The National Snow and Ice ...

One of the great marvels of nature is how bears, the largest carnivore in North America, are able to hibernate all winter, ...

This year's Arctic sea ice peak is the lowest in the 47-year satellite record, according to data released by the US National ...

The melting of the Greenland ice sheet is now the largest contributor to sea level rise, and scientists at UNH are traveling ...

The meltdown extends beyond the Arctic. Antarctica recently flirted with a record low in its own annual sea ice minimum – ...

Sea ice extent is at record, and near record, lows for this time of year in both polar regions, leaving the planet ...

When thinking about the Arctic, images of snow, ice—maybe even a polar bear—likely come to mind. Located at the northernmost ...

Experts say that water will only freeze above ... from 1993 to 2022.Melting Arctic sea ice — mostly in the summer — is making the polar bear population smaller, weaker and hungrier because ...

Combined Antarctic and Arctic sea ice cover—ocean water that freezes and floats on ... and hunting grounds for species like polar bears, seals, and, in Antarctica, penguins.

This will further warm the region, accelerating ice melt and exposing even more water to the light ... The consequences would ...