Antarctic and Arctic sea ice is vitally important because the whiteness of the ice reflects the sun's light, helping to keep polar regions cool, known as a higher 'albedo'. Without this ice cover ...

The thermometer has a range of about 120 degrees; and while the round of the seasons brings but little change in the f right-fiul antarctic wastes, nothing can surpass the beauty of the j arctic ...

An international team of scientists said it's found a link between the melting of Arctic sea ice and weather in far-flung ...

James Clarke Ross, a nephew of Sir John Ross, the arctic explQrer ... horizon to the left of the center Qf our map. Larsen discovered the first antarctic fossils, which proved that at least ...

Map showing main regions of the Arctic ... With sea ice at or around record lows in both the Arctic and Antarctic, global sea ice extent dropped to an “all-time minimum” in February this year, ...

The Arctic record follows a near-record-low summer minimum in the Antarctic, where seasons are reversed. The 2025 Antarctic sea ice minimum, reached on March 1, was just 1.98 million square ...

Hanne E F Nielsen receives funding from the Australian Research Council and the Dutch Research Council. Rebecca Kaiser does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company ...

Earlier this week, reports emerged that a scientist at South Africa’s SANAE IV Antarctic research base had accused a colleague of physical assault. We research Antarctic governance and crime in ...

The record-low Arctic maximum extent follows a near-record-low minimum extent of sea ice in the Antarctic, where it is now summer. The 2025 Antarctic sea ice minimum, achieved on 1 March ...

The record-low Arctic maximum extent follows a near-record-low minimum extent of sea ice in the Antarctic, where it is now summer. The 2025 Antarctic sea ice minimum, achieved on March 1 ...