The granddaddy of the U.S. Coast Guard fleet arrived this month at McMurdo Sound, in Antarctica, to clear channels for supply ships.

The Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite has captured detailed images of wildfires in Uttarakhand, highlighting its role in environmental monitoring. Now over ten years old, the EU mission continues ...

Scientists are no longer guessing how fast the great ice sheets are sliding toward the sea. With dense satellite coverage and ...

New satellite records capture how polar ice sheets slide toward the sea, helping scientists better understand ice loss and ...

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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 ...

Bear X33991 leading her two cubs along the ice. Dave Sandford / Discover Churchill (Wildlife Photographer, Guide, and Polar Bears International Photo Ambassador) Get the Popular Science daily ...

Canadian researchers tracking bear known as X33991 noticed she had gained a second cub who likely needed help Scientists in Canada have documented a rare case of female polar bear adopting a new cub, ...

Researchers tracking wild polar bears in northern Canada have witnessed something exceedingly rare: a mother bear adopting a cub that was not biologically her own. The five-year-old mother bear and ...

Credit: Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman is supplying an extra, classified payload to be integrated onto the U.S. Space Force’s next-generation overhead persistent infrared (OPIR) polar-based ...

Early holiday outlooks are in—and they’re compelling. The headline is a strong polar vortex core anchored over North America, influencing weather on both sides of the Atlantic and boosting the chances ...