Ice-repelling properties of polar bear fur sebum offer sustainable solutions for preventing ice buildup on infrastructure.

A fat polar bear is a bear more likely to thrive in its extreme Arctic environment. So, when scientists discovered polar bear ...

These trees were once part of a thriving forest, but then the cooling climate entombed them under thick layers of mountain ...

The melting point of ice is the temperature at which solid water transitions into a liquid. Under standard atmospheric conditions, this occurs at 32°F (0°C). However, adding substances like salt ...

Recently, a new Guinness World Record was set by a woman who completed an ice marathon in record time while wearing a polar bear costume. While the thought of this may be comical, her reasoning ...

Although distinguishing cave bear from brown bear tracks is complex, cave bears are considered the most likely tracemakers in Honseca. Cave bears (Ursus spelaeus) were a very large type of bear that ...

HOUSTON — After a rare winter storm brought snow and sleet to Houston, the big question for residents is: When will the ice melt? The process will be gradual but noticeable as temperatures climb ...

These images, snapped by the OLI (Operational Land Imager) on January 1, show pools of pale blue meltwater peppered across the Amery Ice Shelf in East Antarctica. This melting comes despite ...

Advertisement "Total snow accumulations up to one inch and ice accumulations around one tenth to a quarter of an inch possible," forecasters said in the alert. "The weight of the ice on tree limbs ...

They are among the toughest people for ICE to find and arrest. As the only agency authorized to deport immigrants from the nation's interior, it can take numerous ICE agents, days or weeks of ...

These ice shelves act as keystones, stabilising the ice sheet. They’re also shrinking. The ocean melts ice shelves from below – a process known as “basal melting”. Increased basal melting ...

He is a native English speaker. The fossilized remains of Whitebark pine trees found beneath a melting ice patch in the Yellowstone region were once part of an ancient forest that thrived for ...