with polar ice caps forming only under specific and coincidental cooling conditions. This revelation not only reshapes our understanding of Earth’s past but also raises serious concerns about ...

BEIJING -- Chinese scientists have successfully conducted an ice-cap detection experiment in Antarctica using a domestically developed ... This technology is poised to provide crucial data support for ...

The goal was to shed light on the processes that shape the planet's surface as well as Mars' overall climate—since Mars cycles about a quarter of its atmosphere throughout the Martian year. Like ...

Bedrock rises through the ice in places, making for summit vistas that extend uninterrupted across the polar ice cap for hundreds of miles. But from where I stood during my expedition, there is a view ...

Winter sea ice cover in the Arctic was the lowest it’s ever been at its annual peak on March 22, 2025; Globally ice cover set a record low in mid-February Winter sea ice cover in the Arctic was ...

The sea ice cap grows during the cold Arctic winters and shrinks when temperatures climb again, but over the last three decades, satellites have observed a 13% decline per decade in the summertime ...

The polar ice caps are melting, and it is, to put it mildly, a problem. Melting glaciers have several environmental and ecological ramifications; those implications include rising sea levels and ...

The ice cap is causing the ground beneath it to depress at a rate of up to 0.13 mm per year, indicating a cold and highly viscous upper mantle. This slow deformation suggests that Mars's interior ...

YOKOHAMA--Japan’s first Arctic research vessel now under construction here will be capable of smashing through sea ice up to 1.2 meters thick to reach the northern polar region to study sea ...