Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This Norwegian Polar Institute image taken on June 22, 2016, shows a polar bear wandering on the thinning sea ice in the Arctic.

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Between October 2024 and September 2025, the average temperature in the Arctic was 1.6 degrees Celsius higher than during the ...

The Arctic region is melting faster than ever and the dire consequences are spreading worldwide, an international team of scientists warned Tuesday with the release of a closely watched annual ...

Temperatures in the Arctic last year were among the highest on record, and the region continues to see the dramatic shifts that put it at the cutting edge of climate change’s effects, according to a ...

‘Temperatures ranging from 10 to 20 degrees below normal may make an average week during the winter season itself a challenge ...

An abundance of natural resources, faster trade routes and military advantages have powers around the globe vying for a slice ...

In 2006, when the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, released the first-ever Arctic Report Card, scientists already knew the top of the world was in trouble. It’s now much ...

The Arctic last season was the hottest it has been in the past 125 years. The extent of sea ice during its usual maximum in March was the lowest in 47 years of satellite recordkeeping. The North ...

Warming ocean waters are encouraging more rapid production of harmful blooms. Harmful algae blooms have been rapidly producing in a place previously too cold to host the toxin: the Arctic. And climate ...

In this region, which experienced the greatest temperature increase in 2025, ice loss has accelerated, exposing new shipping ...

For decades, the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has offered a snapshot of the planet's ...