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The degradation of sea ice habitats is a huge problem for polar bears. Find out ways we can help!

Geologist Ro Kinzler answers this question.
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Around the North Pole, temperatures are so cold that parts of the ocean turn into solid ice called "sea ice.

Solve these interactive story puzzles to find out how people and other animals live in the Arctic.
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Polar bears are the top predator of the icy Arctic. But these large, furry white mammals have to work hard for their foo...
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At the top of the world is a cold and icy area called the Arctic. It is made up of the Arctic Ocean and parts of North A...
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Antarctica is like no other place on Earth. The continent is covered almost entirely by a thick ice sheet. Yet there is ...
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Winter brings snow and ice in places like northern Minnesota. But during the same season along Florida's beaches, temper...

Solve these story puzzles to find out more about how life in the Arctic is affected by climate change. 

Find out how paleontologist John Flynn answered kids' questions.
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Arctic ice is melting. Coral reefs are disappearing. Sea levels are rising. These events are part of an even bigger prob...
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Pluto was discovered in 1930 and considered to be the ninth planet in our solar system.
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More than 60 moons orbit Jupiter. One of these moons is Europa. It is especially intriguing to scientists. Miles below i...
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There is nothing in the world like water. Without it, our world would be a very different place. Water covers over two-t...
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In the early 1900s, Olav Bjaaland was a skiing champion in Norway. In 1910, he joined famous explorer Roald Amundsen on ...
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Saturn is known for the beautiful rings that form a giant hula hoop around it. The rings are made of chunks of ice and r...
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Comets are like "dirty snowballs" that have orbited the Sun since our Solar System formed, billions of years ago. A come...
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For over 1,000 years, people called the Inuit lived in the Arctic. Long ago, they relied on fishing and hunting for surv...
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The frigid waters of the Arctic and the Antarctic may seem like hostile habitats. But a variety of marine life -- from a...
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Most volcanoes form along plate boundaries. But some of the world's largest and most active volcanoes are found far from...
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As a kid, Neil Tyson first glimpsed the magic of the Universe in the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natura...
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Are we alone in the Universe? There are billions of stars in our galaxy, and 100 billion galaxies in our Universe.
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Oscar Wisting was part of the famous Antarctic expedition led by the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen. He was a talente...
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The oddest thing about Uranus is that the planet, its rings, and its moons "roll" around the Sun on an axis tilted by mo...
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Ross MacPhee has always loved dirt. It means the opportunity to find lost things--from bones and teeth to pirate treasur...
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Like many kids interested in science, Ro Kinzler thought she wanted to be a marine biologist. But later on, she realized...
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Bubbling hot springs. Antarctic ice. Deep ocean trenches. The Himalayan peaks. Few organisms can live in any of these pl...
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Your senses send signals to your brain, and it is up to your brain to reconstruct the events that triggered the signals....
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Sandstone is made of tiny pieces of sand you can see and feel. You can actually scratch away grains of sand from a piece...
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Granite is an igneous rock, which means it formed from magma, or melted rock. It forms deep inside the Earth under a mou...
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A bike, a tree, a cloud, an ocean -- any object you can name -- it's all made of matter. Even YOU are made of matter. Ma...
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Because of the diamond-shaped plates on its back, Stegosaurus was given a name that means "roof lizard." 
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The seafloor covers more than half of the Earth's surface. Most of the seafloor consists of the flat, expansive abyssal ...
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In college, Rob DeSalle wanted to study the narwhal, an Arctic whale with an eight-foot spiral tooth.
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To find north, find Polaris. Earth rotates on its axis, which points directly at Polaris. From Earth, Polaris is the onl...
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Take a deep breath and exhale slowly. Your body just released carbon dioxide, a colorless gas that's essential to life o...
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Scientists all over the world send precious cargo to Julie Feinstein: frozen samples of animal tissues.
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Growing up in Argentina, Adriana Aquino loved nature, especially the ocean. As a young girl, she wondered what it would ...
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Cassava is one tough plant because it can grow in poor and unfertile soil in most tropical environments. Cassava is an i...
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Think of giant kelp as the Godzilla of the seaweeds.
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As a conservation geneticist, Yael tries to help endangered species by studying their DNA.
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Animals and plants are usually adapted to survive best in particular environments, known as their habitats.
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Mars is often called the "red planet." It's red because its surface is covered with rusted particles of iron.
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About 120 kilometers (75 miles) off the coast of China is the island of Taiwan. Although this country is small, it is a ...
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In 1910, British naval officer Robert Falcon Scott set sail for Antarctica aboard the Terra Nova. He hoped to be the fir...
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When most people think of flamingos, they imagine the delicate pink bird wading in a warm and sunny tropical marsh. Not ...
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If there's life on any other planet in our solar system, it's probably on Mars. Scientists have sent orbiters, landers, ...
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Tornadoes are nature's most powerful storms. These swirling funnels of wind can rip cars, trees, and even houses from th...