In August 2024, the Arctic Ocean’s mean sea surface temperatures—a critical measure of the intensity of the ice-albedo ...

Polar Bears Are Changing Their Diets Polar bears, the iconic arctic giants, are being driven to make significant dietary ...

A decrease in pressure ridges over the past 3 decades is making the ice more uniform, with unclear consequences.

F or bears of both the market and polar kind, a planet without an ice cap is a tragedy. The Arctic is warming four times ...

Under the sea ice during the Arctic’s pitch-black polar night ... During spring bloom, an upsurge in photosynthesizing algae and other microbes kick-starts the Arctic ecosystem, fueling a yearly revel ...

While the Arctic region heats up, its role as Earth’s cooling system weakens. Large expanses of white sea ice covering the Arctic Ocean “helped to reflect energy and heat back out to space and ...

Figenschou, who fishes in the waters of the Barents Sea near the Arctic town of Kirkenes, says that fishing has become more difficult as a result: “There is a lot more dirt and algae covering ...

New research reveals how resident algae altered the genome of these fabled sea creatures, allowing them to access more nutrients. Giant clams, some of the largest mollusks on Earth, have long ...

An increase in large fires in the Western U.S. is being fueled by declines in Arctic Sea ice, and the impact of this decline on fires along the West Coast is as big as that of El Niño ...

and lake-sized sheets of ice. Now, the Gothenburg-based company is paying homage to its harshest benchmark with the Arctic Circle lineup. Polestar teased its first version of this lineup in 2022 ...