There is only a certain amount of stress biological structures can withstand before they fall apart. Tissue fluids freeze into ice crystals when exposed to temperatures below −3 °C, for instance, and ...

The effects of climate change are not distant future scenarios or confined to remote parts of the world—they are unfolding now, right in our own backyards. In 2023, extreme weather events impacted ...

Many species will become extinct as a consequence of global warming. This is the prediction of a mathematical model. The simulations show that climate change will have a particularly large impact on ...

A group of polar bears in south-east Greenland have adapted to hunt via blocks of freshwater ice from glaciers when sea ice retreats in the warmer months. This suggests the animals may be more ...

A collection of fossils discovered in northern Alaska shows that birds were nesting in harsh Arctic environments as early as 72.8 million years ago. The fossil assemblage, uncovered from the Late ...

WASHINGTON, June 16 (Reuters) - An isolated population of polar bears in Greenland has made a clever adaptation to the decline in the sea ice they depend upon as a platform for hunting seals, offering ...

Global sea levels are rising at an alarming rate, unprecedented in 4,000 years, driven by climate change and melting ice. This poses a severe threat to coastal communities, cities like Jakarta and New ...