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

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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 ...

Like one tried in the first Trump term, the plan would allow leasing in 82% of the National Petroleum Reserve, including the ...

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 ...

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.

New research examining 11,700 years of bowhead whale persistence throughout the Arctic projects that sea ice loss due to climate change will cause their habitat to severely contract by up to 75 ...

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.

Arctic summers create a phenomenon that transforms the cruise experience: 24 hours of daylight. This continuous illumination dramatically extends wildlife viewing opportunities and creates ...