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 ...
Is a polar bear really white? How much snow does Antarctica get? How many layers of clothing do people need to wear to stay warm? Students learn about the polar regions and how animals and people suit ...
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 ...
Proposals to artificially cool the world’s polar regions — to stem the impact of global warming — are both expensive, unfeasible and potentially dangerous, according to new scientific research. The ...
The Inuit of the East Kitikmeot communities of Gjoa Haven, Taloyoak and Gjoa Haven are observing many environmental changes in their area. Inuit experiences of these environmental changes have been ...
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 new study has provided fresh insights into how animals such as the woolly mammoth, musk ox and arctic fox evolved to survive the cold during the ice age.
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