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The Arctic Is Getting Greener But Its Caribou Are Dying
Some Indigenous communities rely on the caribou hunt.
A Giant Iceberg the Size of Delaware Is About to Break Away From Antarctica
Ice shelves are floating buttresses to glaciers on the mainland.
Thanks to Climate Change, Killer Whales May Become the North's Top Predator
Climate change may be drastically changing the ecosystem in the Hudson Bay and we must be wary, for the whale killers, they be coming.
Can the Endangered Species Act Adapt to Climate Change?
If threatened species are going to survive climate change, so must the Endangered Species Act.
Inuit Are Embedding Sensors in the Ice Because It's Getting Dangerously Thin
The SmartICE project combines traditional knowledge and new technology.
2016 Is Breaking All Kinds of Climate Records, and It’s Only Half Over
January to June has been the warmest half-year on record.
A Melting Antarctica Could Push Sea Levels to Rise More than 3 Feet by 2100
A new study suggests that sea-level rise could happen faster than predicted.
Here's Why Polar Bears' Summer Just Got a Bit Worse
The National Snow and Ice Data Center says there was 35,000 square miles less sea ice in the Arctic last month than any January on record — and that's one step closer to an ice-free summer at the North Pole.
Poachers May Have Killed These 25 Walruses For Their Heads and Tusks
US law prevents anyone from killing walruses for their tusks and federal officials are currently investigating the incident.
Climate Change Is Actually Helping Whale Hunters — Here's How
An Icelandic company shipped nearly 2,000 tons of whale fin meat via the Arctic Ocean, where receding summer sea ice extent is opening up new shipping lanes.
Obama Says Politicians Who Treat Climate Change Like a Joke Aren't Fit to Lead
The president warned that not enough is being done to avert dangerous global temperature rise, which is heating up the Arctic twice as fast as the rest of the world.