The bitter cold temperatures that have left a chill over the eastern half of the country aren’t going anywhere, as a major disruption to the polar vortex is coming this month. While the cold is not ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Polar bears became the poster child for the peril of climate change for obvious ...

As the sea ice melts due to climate change, the trend of polar bears getting thinner and having fewer cubs has been well documented in areas such as Baffin Bay, a stretch of ocean between Greenland ...

Scientists have reported some rare good news from the Arctic. As the climate changes and the ice melts, in one region at least, polar bears are thriving — finding new ways to survive, and even packing ...

In the face of sea ice loss, some of the bears on the Norwegian archipelago are gaining weight. By Laura Baisas Published Jan 29, 2026 11:00 AM EST Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 ...

Rising temperatures and rapidly melting sea ice threaten polar bears across the Arctic. But the bears living 800 miles north of the Arctic Circle have stayed surprisingly fat, researchers report ...

Severe temperatures are expected to dominate most of the country in the coming days, with single-digit temperatures forecast for parts of the Northeast. Overall, temperatures will begin to warm in the ...

Polar bears are the poster children of climate change—and for good reason. These giant bears hunt, mate and spend their days hanging out on Arctic sea ice, which is rapidly disappearing as the climate ...

The finding offers a small window of hope for a polar bear population vulnerable to the effects of climate change. A polar bear (Ursus maritimus) walks on pack ice in Svalbard, Norway. The effects ...

Seals favored by Svalbard bears are becoming easier to hunt as ice declines, a study found. But researchers say the situation may be temporary. By Eric Niiler The population of polar bears in Norway’s ...

To understand what Americans are experiencing with this winter blast, we need to look more than 20 miles above the surface of Earth, to the stratospheric polar vortex. When you purchase through links ...