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As sea ice declines, polar bears are spending an extra month on land, study finds
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As sea ice declines, polar bears are spending an extra month on land, study finds

Rapidly declining sea ice in the Arctic is causing polar bears to spend an additional 30 days on land, fast for longer periods of time, and produce smaller litters, according to a new study.

Politics
'No negotiations:' Inuit group wants Arctic areas saved from development
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'No negotiations:' Inuit group wants Arctic areas saved from development

An Inuit land-claim group is asking the federal government to permanently protect large sections of the Eastern Arctic from any industrial development.
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The massive glacier that formed the Great Lakes is disappearing - and greenhouse gases are to blame for its untimely demise
Gifford Miller

The massive glacier that formed the Great Lakes is disappearing - and greenhouse gases are to blame for its untimely demise

The Barnes Ice Cap, a Delaware-sized glacier and the last link to the continental ice sheet that shaped the Great Lakes, is now on pace to vanish.
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Climate change is revealing arctic landscapes not seen for 40,000 years
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Climate change is revealing arctic landscapes not seen for 40,000 years

A new study of Baffin Island's glaciers suggests that modern temperatures represent the warmest century in 115,000 years.
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Climate change reveals the 40,000-year-old lost landscape of Baffin Island
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Climate change reveals the 40,000-year-old lost landscape of Baffin Island

"Pockets of life" are emerging from a thawing landscape.
Newsletter
Starving-polar-bear photographer recalls what went wrong
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Starving-polar-bear photographer recalls what went wrong

One year later, Cristina Mittermeier explains what she and her team were trying to accomplish with that gut-wrenching image.
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Heart-wrenching video shows starving polar bear on iceless land

Heart-wrenching video shows starving polar bear on iceless land

Lack of sea ice is making it more difficult for polar bears to find food.
ORIGINAL REPORTING
Graphic image of white freight truck being charged.

California struggles to electrify trucks as Trump administration blocks state rules

Rare earth mining toxic pollution

The hidden cost of powering your phone might be someone else’s cancer

Small creek with water running over rocks.

Toxic mine runoff cleanup revives West Virginia waterways and extracts rare earth elements

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Jellyfish floating in the ocean

Scientists call on UN to adopt bold ocean policies to combat climate and biodiversity threats

Green coral on a reef.

EU ocean protection plan draws fire for weak enforcement and lack of binding goals

Wildfire smoke in the distance with a forested hill in the foreground.

Wildfire smoke from Canada continues to choke U.S. cities as climate patterns worsen

CLIMATE
Solar panels installed on a rolling hill.

China ramps up solar and wind power as clean energy output shatters global records

a cruise ship with an iceberg in the background.

Melting ice and microplastics signal deepening disruption in Antarctica’s climate system