The Trump administration announced a plan on June 17 to open nearly 82% of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska to oil and ...

It’s called the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska, but despite its industrial-sounding name, the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, or NPR-A, is much more than a fuel depot. Tens of thousands of ...

"We've had the rare opportunity to confirm it, using solid, long-term data." Scientists issue warning after studying ...

Are polar bears endangered? Due to the effects of the climate crisis, their sea ice habitat is shrinking and, in May of 2008, polar bears were listed as a a vulner species in the U.S. under the ...

Shrinking Arctic ice reduces natural habitat for polar bears 02:26. At the edge of the Arctic in northern Canada, the annual migration of polar bears draws tourists, photographers, and scientists ...

The Arctic's "Last Ice Area" (LIA)—a vital habitat for ice-dependent species—might disappear within a decade after the central Arctic Ocean becomes ice-free in summer, which is expected to ...

Along coastal regions in the Northwest Arctic, a staple fish may be expanding its habitat because of warming waters. That is a key finding from a two-year study that monitored sheefish movements ...

In the 2024 Arctic Report Card, 97 scientists from 11 countries, with expertise ranging from wildlife to wildfire and sea ice to snow, describe the rapid changes they’re witnessing across the ...

Arctic species that can adapt will do so, while others from lower latitudes will journey north to exploit the new climate regime. Chum salmon may be the harbingers of this transformation.

Rivers like the Au Sable, Manistee, and Muskegon floated logs to sawmills, destroying the Arctic grayling’s habitat. Overfishing and the introduction of brown trout also hurt grayling populations.

Brown and black bears are encroaching on more Arctic habitat. And I think that’s just going to expand.” View of Southern Africa and the Antarctic polar region from space.

To study how long-term isolation might impact future moon colonists, a pair of Dutch architects plan to lock themselves in an isolation pod in the Arctic.