The retreat of ice in the Barents Sea could be strengthening a key ocean current that regulates global climate.

Their icy hunting grounds are rapidly shrinking, but polar bears in Norway's remote Svalbard archipelago have defied the odds ...

It’s no secret that polar bears in the Arctic are vulnerable to sea ice loss, but a curious finding has emerged from a new long-term study of bears in Svalbard. It found that adult polar bears have ...

How will a warming Arctic affect plant growth on Svalbard? Researchers encased plant plots in a thick layer of ice during the winter and used little greenhouses to heat up those plots in the summer.

The body conditions of polar bear (Ursus maritimus) populations around the Norwegian island of Svalbard have improved despite sea ice losses, according to research published in Scientific Reports. The ...

Polar bears in Svalbard have stayed in good physical condition despite rapid loss of their sea ice habitat due to climate change, a study has found. Scientists behind the study said they would have ...

Cold winter light shines on researchers working on a tundra icing experiment in High-Arctic Svalbard. This photo was featured on the cover of the academic journal Journal of Ecology, published by the ...

Rising temperatures and rapidly melting sea ice threaten polar bears across the Arctic. But the bears living 800 miles north of the Arctic Circle have stayed surprisingly fat, researchers report ...