Warming temperatures appear to be driving genetic mutations in some polar bears to help them survive the shifting climatic conditions. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

The world’s polar bear population is projected to decline by two-thirds by 2050. A new study from the University of East Anglia suggests that polar bears are undergoing rapid genetic changes, and ...

This study was funded by grants from the Natural Environment Research Council (NE/S011188/1) and the European Research Council (SELECTHAPLOID - 101001341) The Arctic Ocean current is at its warmest in ...

Meet our story’s protagonist: a female polar bear. Displaced by shrinking sea ice in the Arctic, she was forced to wander south, deeper into the Canadian Northwest Territories. Here, our lady in white ...

A map of the polar vortex that is bringing frigid temperatures to parts of the U.S. (AccuWeather) The first of three rounds of cold Arctic air from a shifting polar vortex has sent temperatures ...

The polar vortex is so back, and in some parts of the country, the weather system will bring with it up to a foot of snow. If “polar vortex” is giving you déjà vu, that’s because we’ve heard it before ...

A shifting polar vortex is expected to bring three waves of Arctic air to the central and eastern U.S. Tennessee is forecast to experience winter weather, including a mix of snow and ice, in early ...

The polar vortex has broken, and severe temperatures are set to dominate most of the country in the coming days. Temperatures in the 10s are forecast for much of the Northeast, and subzero ...

(NEXSTAR) – A good chunk of the country could be in for cooler-than-average temperatures this Thanksgiving and beyond. The most recent outlooks from the National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction ...

It’s looking more likely the Chicago area could see a blast of arctic air around and after Thanksgiving Day. NBC 5 Storm Team Meteorologist Kevin Jeanes took a look at what’s going on and what the ...

An extreme warming event high in the atmosphere is threatening to disrupt the polar vortex. We break down what that could mean for Canadians A rare, early, stratospheric warming event could shake up ...