SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Arctic ice at the North Pole melted at a record rate in the summer of 2007, the latest sign that climate change has accelerated in recent years, climate scientists said on ...

Between snowy winters and holiday songs, many animals come to mind during Christmas. There are polar bears wearing Santa hats and red-nosed reindeer pulling Santa’s sleigh. Turtle doves and the ...

As summer wanes in the Northern Hemisphere, scientists are sounding the alarm over what could be one of the most extreme Arctic melt seasons in recorded history — a shift with potentially far-reaching ...

Well, well, well. How inconvenient. Exactly 20 years after climate change was catapulted to the top of the political agenda, the poster creature of the crisis – the polar bear – appears to be doing ...

Most people view the melting of the Arctic ice cap with gloom and dark foreboding. But there are more than a few who view the phenomenon as an opportunity. One of the underreported aspects of the ...