Antarctica faces abrupt, irreversible climate changes as warming nears 1.5 °C, threatening ice, oceans, ecosystems, and ...

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Chemical reactions in the Arctic atmosphere are accelerating warming and reshaping climate far beyond the polar region.

A new study suggests polar bears may be genetically adapting to survive a rapidly warming Arctic—in what researchers describe as a “glimmer of hope” for the endangered species. Researchers at the ...

Humanity is running out of time to keep the climate system in a state that resembles the one in which modern societies developed. A former NASA scientist who helped alert the world to global warming ...

Polar bears face “total extinction” by the end of this century, but scientists have found a small beacon of “hope”. Polar bears are rapidly undergoing “fundamental genetic changes” in a desperate ...

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With climate change steadily dismantling the icy habitat essential to their existence, new research suggests polar bears are rapidly rewiring their own genetics in a bid to survive. The species is ...

Climate change is triggering genetic changes in polar bears in the North Atlantic, a new study reveals. Scientists have discovered a strong link between rising temperatures in southeast Greenland and ...