In 2010, the European Space Agency launched Cryosat, a spacecraft designed to monitor changes in the shape and thickness of polar ice on Earth. It’s taken the scientists behind the project some ...

An early version of the north polar 3-D volume helped to assess the quantity of water ice transferred to the polar caps in the most recent retreat from a Martian ice age.

New images from the approaching New Horizons probe approaching Pluto indicate it Pluto might have a polar cap of nitrogen ice, NASA says. The observation came in a series of pixilated images taken ...

The polar ice caps are melting. And this has already led to an increase in the sea level. Between now and 2100, it is estimated that the sea level will rise anywhere from 1 foot up to 7 feet.

Where it is: Around Planum Boreum, the north polar ice cap on Mars When it was shared: Aug 6, 2024 Why it's so special: This week, researchers at the University of Arizona (UA) shared one of the ...

Mars’ polar ice cap is slowly pushing its north pole inward ... In addition, radar imaging from in orbit has created images of Mars' polar ice caps that extend down to the crust itself.

NASA released an “appetite-whetter” of a Pluto image Wednesday as the New Horizons spacecraft sped toward its July 14 closeup of the dwarf planet. Pluto is still a bit of a blob in photos ...

When we talk about the polar ice caps, we’re talking about the massive layers of ice and snow that cover Antarctica, Greenland, and portions of Canada and Russia. It’s normal for Arctic ice to ...

Polar bear photos were once seen as a compelling tool to inspire donations from sympathetic audiences (Credit: Getty Images) For decades distressed polar bears on distant ice caps were an emblem ...

Melting ice at the poles due to climate change may impact the Earth's spin, altering our global clock. According to a new paper in the journal Nature, the "leap second" due to be added to ...

For decades distressed polar bears on distant ice caps were an emblem for climate change – until experts began to doubt the effectiveness of these visuals. In a derelict hunting camp in the ...