On Svalbard, bears are eating bird eggs by the hundreds and appear better fed than they did before, and in southern Gre…
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Since the Arctic sea ice began to steadily decline due to climate change in the early 1990s, zoologists have anxiously awaited detrimental changes in the local wildlife. Polar bears rely…
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A new study has revealed that climate change is causing genetic alterations in polar bears living in southeastern Greenland. Scientists predict that by 2050, more than two-thirds of polar bears…
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A study from Aarhus University in Denmark has revealed that mercury pollution from a century ago, from coal burning and gold mining, continues to poison the Arctic environment. Despite global…
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Polar bears are “fatter” than previously thought, a team led by Trinity College Dublin found. Researchers from the UK, Norway, and Denmark say the secret to the species’ survival in…
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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced that Perseverance captured visible auroras on Mars for the first time. The rover photographed the light show in March of last year…
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Scott, the renowned polar explorer, prepared meticulously for his expedition to the South Pole. He planned for Antarctica’s icy silence, hurricane-force winds, and bone-deep cold. He considered the challenges of…
