| 单词 | polar region |
| 例句 | Ice in the voice, cold as polar regions. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z In the polar region, the sun falls below the horizon for 180 days. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Michele Banks filled petri dishes with tiny paintings that represent the microbes newly evident in polar regions. Galleries: ‘Is It Propaganda? Or Is It Political Art?’ Forty million years ago, our planet began to cool down, from the warm Earth known by dinosaurs and early mammals to our present planet with its frozen polar regions. ‘The Universe Within’: the world’s history inside us 2013-01-11T00:46:45Z The mountain’s only local rival in terms of rarity and showstopping beauty is the northern lights, the astronomical occurrence that causes a cavalcade of colors to pirouette across the night sky near Earth's polar regions. The aurora borealis skipped this Alaska photography class. But some swinging light cords saved the night. 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z Aurora borealis takes place near the northern polar regions, about 60 to 180 miles above planet’s surface. Every winter, the aurora borealis turns the night sky into a paint box of colors 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z Solnit is tremendously interested in the polar regions, notably their symbolic potential. The Faraway Nearby by Rebecca Solnit – review 2013-06-08T13:00:01Z A third exhibit, called “National Geographic Presents: Earth Explorers,” allows visitors to learn about polar regions, oceans, rain forests, mountains, caves, and the African savanna. Exhibits about Ali, nature, motorcycles opening at Graceland 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z From the people who brought you "Planet Earth" and "Life" comes this new seven-part series about our planet's polar regions. Sunday TV Picks: 'Frozen Planet' premieres on several channels 2012-03-14T20:52:03Z Mr. Ward and his wife are sailing on Le Boréal, a cruise ship owned by Ponant, a French cruise line that prides itself on intimate ships and in-depth trips to the polar region. Want a Different Way to Ring in the New Year? Visit Antarctica 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z "Frozen Planet" is described as "the ultimate portrait of our Earth's polar regions." 'Frozen Planet' to debut on Discovery on March 18 2011-12-06T16:25:17Z Quark Expeditions has hired Inuit chefs on its summer cruises in Greenland and Canada, and Ponant recently launched a hybrid electric ship operating in the polar regions. How to Tread Lightly in Fragile Places 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z “What happens in the polar region has an impact on the whole of the planet.” 'Sir David Boaty McBoatface' is launched 2018-07-14T04:00:00Z This light emission is concentrated in the polar regions to the north and south, where the oxygen atoms converge in the downward branch of the gigantic trajectory from the opposite hemisphere. Glow in the visible range detected for the first time in the Martian night 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z What’s at stake in these polar regions are wildlife and cultures that cannot be found anywhere else. See the otherworldly beauty of Earth’s polar regions 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z They found oceanic warming has been pervasive worldwide, spreading from the surface to the deep-sea regions known as the abyssal layers and spanning each basin from the tropics to the polar regions. Ocean warming is accelerating, and hotspots reveal which areas are absorbing the most heat 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z He said he hopes that the research on the role of Foehn and katabatic winds in polar regions will help the climate science community strengthen the physical fidelity of Earth system models. Ice sheet surface melt is accelerating in Greenland and slowing in Antarctica 2023-10-16T04:00:00Z These geomagnetic lines collect incoming solar particles and channel them to polar regions, which is why vivid auroras are more common at higher latitudes. How to Watch the Northern Lights and Other Awesome Auroras 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z The intensity of the night glow in the polar regions is such that simple and relatively inexpensive instruments in Martian orbit could map and monitor atmospheric flows. Glow in the visible range detected for the first time in the Martian night 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z Accumulation of AMPs in the atmosphere, especially in the polar regions, could lead to significant changes in the ecological balance of the planet, leading to severe loss of biodiversity. Plastic cloud: New study analyzes airborne microplastics in clouds 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z China is the only country to have its own space station, it has already brought moon samples back to earth, and it has plans to reach the polar regions of the lunar surface. US-China rivalry spurs investment in space tech 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z Second, these results suggest that there's somehow more sulfur in the polar regions. Chandrayaan-3’s measurements of sulfur open the doors for lunar science and exploration 2023-09-24T04:00:00Z Temperatures in Antarctica and in the Arctic are setting records as both polar regions have heat waves at the same time. India, Pakistan Struggle With Intense Heat Wave 2022-05-02T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, India’s rover is exploring the moon’s south polar region after successfully touching down a few days after Russia’s failure. NASA spacecraft around moon spots likely crash site of Russia’s lost lunar lander 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z Two visitors from India — a lander named Vikram and a rover named Pragyan — landed in the southern polar region of the moon on Wednesday. ‘India Is on the Moon’: Lander’s Success Moves Nation to Next Space Chapter 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z But then planetary scientists started seeing hints of water ice at the bottom of craters in the polar regions where the sun never shines. On the Moon’s South Pole, a Quest for Ice 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z The polar regions of the Moon receive less direct sunlight and, as a result, experience extremely low temperatures compared with the rest of the Moon. Chandrayaan-3’s measurements of sulfur open the doors for lunar science and exploration 2023-09-24T04:00:00Z The jet stream marks the boundary of cold air to the north in the polar regions and hot air to the south, a contrast which produces pressure differences. UK weather: Storm and wind warnings for England and Wales as NI sees wettest July 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z Blinken's announcement comes three weeks after Norway took over from Russia the chairmanship of the Arctic Council, a forum created in 1996 to discuss issues affecting the polar region. US to open diplomatic station in Arctic Norway, says Blinken 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z The Chandrayaan-3 mission makes India the first country to reach the lunar south polar region in one piece and adds to the achievements of the country’s homegrown space program. ‘India Is on the Moon’: Lander’s Success Moves Nation to Next Space Chapter 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z The northern region is sometimes referred to as part of the "third pole" because it contains more glacial ice than anywhere in the world outside of the polar regions. Pakistan avalanche kills 11 people from nomadic tribe 2023-05-27T04:00:00Z Pahon said those regional partnerships will allow the U.S. to learn from allied nations about optimizing base operations and mission readiness in the polar region. U.S. Military Sees Growing Threat in Thawing Permafrost 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z In its pages, the strategy explains that new technologies are required to explore the moon's polar regions "that may contain significant amounts of volatile compounds that are especially important for resource utilization." Can NASA's Artemis Moon Missions Count on Using Lunar Water Ice? 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z Lampreys live primarily in coastal and fresh waters, and have a worldwide distribution, except for in the tropics and polar regions. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Another possible explanation is the greater energy the tropics receive from the sun versus the lesser energy input in temperate and polar regions. Concepts of Biology 2013-04-25T00:00:00Z Excluding polar regions, they are about two-tenths of a degree Celsius warmer than scientists have ever observed at this time of year via satellite data. What an ominous surge in ocean temperatures means for the planet 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z Once a large iceberg calves from an ice sheet or glacier, it normally takes only a few years to journey away from polar regions and into warmer waters, where it will eventually break apart. Colossal Iceberg Trapped Near Antarctica’s ‘Doomsday Glacier’ for 20 Years Is Finally on the Move 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z “This is a topic that has a lot more coming in terms of how it relates to ecosystems, to human health, to the oceans, to polar regions,” Ralph said. No one expected 31 atmospheric rivers storms to hit California. The mystery remains why? 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z Hagfishes are entirely marine and are found in oceans around the world, except for the polar regions. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Hagfishes are entirely marine and are found in oceans around the world except for the polar regions. Concepts of Biology 2013-04-25T00:00:00Z SpaceX, which did not respond to requests for comment, has yet to announce that it is planning this commercial Starship mission to the moon’s surface, headed to the south polar region. A Big Rover Aims to Be Like ‘U.P.S. for the Moon’ 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z The Arctic Council was created in 1996 to discuss issues affecting the polar region, ranging from pollution to local economic development to search-and-rescue missions. Arctic Council under pressure as Norway readies for Russian handoff 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z "One of the most common questions we get asked is how we're going to charge the car in the polar regions where there's no electricity source," Mrs Ramsey said. Climate change: Couple set for Pole-to-Pole electric car challenge 2023-03-19T04:00:00Z These features are crucial as the astronauts will be required to survey geology, retrieve samples, and collect other data to further our understanding of the Moon's south polar region. Spacesuit for return to the Moon unveiled 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z As the Earth warms, he said, the air circulation that keeps the jet stream and polar air in the polar regions starts to break down. ‘Pretty Epic’ Mountain Snowfall Stuns Californians 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z The southern right whales in the south Atlantic and southwest Indian oceans are frequenting the polar regions less often, likely because climate change means there are less krill close to Antarctica. Whale skin provides clues to elusive migration habits 2023-02-26T05:00:00Z And in strategically important polar regions, melting glacial and sea ice “are profoundly changing ocean conditions more rapidly than many other places on Earth,” the researchers found. Global Internet Connectivity Is at Risk from Climate Disasters 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z I have heard that they are a spectacular natural phenomenon that occurs in the polar regions. Bing’s A.I. Chat Reveals Its Feelings: ‘I Want to Be Alive. 😈’ 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z A project reveals the weird and wonderful sounds of the polar regions. The Antarctic and Arctic sounds rarely heard before 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z Nacreous cloud forms in very cold conditions over polar regions and within the stratosphere, around 12 to 19 miles high. Rare 'mother-of-pearl' cloud spotted in Scotland 2023-01-30T05:00:00Z Chinese military leaders describe the polar regions as “strategic frontiers” and zones for military competition with the West, analysts with the Brookings Institution said. China makes polar plunge in brazen land-grab as it eyes expansion to Antarctica 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z Such diminished protections are also why jet travel increases one’s total radiation exposure and why transcontinental flights are sometimes routed away from polar regions during severe solar storms. Should You Really Worry about Solar Flares? 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z “Beijing‘s 2015 National Security Law identifies polar regions, along with deep sea and outer space, as areas for development and exploitation,” the Pentagon said in a recent report to Congress. Polar opposite: China’s growing push in Antarctica sparks concern, backlash 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z The project introduces the public to 50 rarely heard sounds recorded underwater in the polar regions. The Antarctic and Arctic sounds rarely heard before 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z The polar regions and Europe were hit hardest by global warming in 2022, according to a new analysis. Climate change: Europe and polar regions bear brunt of warming in 2022 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z The southern polar region is governed by the Antarctic Treaty, signed in Washington in December 1959. China makes polar plunge in brazen land-grab as it eyes expansion to Antarctica 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z Russia plans to launch its Luna 25 mission in July 2023, putting a probe on the Moon to gather samples from its southern polar region. The countries launching missions to the Moon and beyond in 2023 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z Two astronauts will move over to the lander and head to the south polar region of the moon, spending close to a week on the surface. Successful End of NASA Moon Mission Shifts Attention to SpaceX 2022-12-11T05:00:00Z The roaring collapse of ice shelves was also recorded, a process that is being accelerated in parts of the polar regions by rising temperatures linked to climate change. The Antarctic and Arctic sounds rarely heard before 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z Europe and the polar regions were at the sharp end of this high heat. Climate change: Europe and polar regions bear brunt of warming in 2022 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z “Beijing’s 2015 National Security Law identifies polar regions, along with deep sea and outer space, as areas for development and exploitation,” the Pentagon said in a recent report to Congress. China makes polar plunge in brazen land-grab as it eyes expansion to Antarctica 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z Scientists say because of cooler than normal temperatures over the southern polar regions at 7 to 12 miles high where the ozone hole is, conditions are ripe for ozone-munching chlorine chemicals. Ozone hole grows this year, but still shrinking in general 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z Pakistan, which has over 7,000 glaciers, the most in any country outside the polar region, experienced more than 16 glacial lake outburst floods this year. In Pakistan, 33 million people have been displaced in floods 2022-10-01T04:00:00Z The footage was to help show the scale of how Greenland's vast ice sheet was melting due to warmer temperatures in polar regions. Frozen Planet: Filming climate change in action on an Arctic glacier 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z The two polar regions again saw record high heat with temperatures in some places rising by more than 2C above the 1991-2020 average. Climate change: Europe and polar regions bear brunt of warming in 2022 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z Lead author David Armstrong McKay, from Stockholm Resilience Centre, University of Exeter and the Earth Commission, said some destabilisation which precedes a system breakdown is already starting to be seen in the polar regions. Climate change: Six tipping points ‘likely’ to be crossed 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z The northern region is sometimes referred to as the 'third pole' - it contains more glacial ice than anywhere in the world outside of the polar regions. How Pakistan floods are linked to climate change 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z Pakistan also has the largest number of glaciers outside of the polar regions and higher temperatures have led to more water tumbling down from melting ice in the Himalayas. Pakistan floods: Map and before/after photos show extent of devastation 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z “We have the largest number of glaciers outside the polar region, and this affects us,” climate minister Rehman said. EXPLAINER: Pakistan fatal flooding has hallmarks of warming 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z The Ambassador-at-Large will be put in place to advance US policy in the northern polar region, a Department of State spokesman said. United States to appoint first Arctic Ambassador 2022-08-27T04:00:00Z Another possible explanation is the increased energy the tropics receive from the sun versus the decreased energy that temperate and polar regions receive. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z Plumes of gas and icy material were venting from the moon’s south polar region at a collective rate of about 250 kilograms of material per second. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z For decades climate scientists have said global warming from the burning of coal, oil and natural gas would make the world warm faster at night and in the northern polar regions. Hot nights: US in July sets new record for overnight warmth 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z We can apply these double integrals over a polar rectangular region or a general polar region, using an iterated integral similar to those used with rectangular double integrals. Calculus, Volume 3 2016-03-30T00:00:00Z The polar regions are not one of the biomes, but they border the tundra and are cold all year. Miller & Levine Biology 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z The polar regions were populated earliest in the history of Earth. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z The south polar region was found to have multiple plumes of ice and gas that, combined, are venting about 250 kilograms of material per second into space. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Maybe, she says, humankind will simply disappear and the polar region will be covered in forests. Perspective | New plays about race and climate change bloom in West Virginia’s wilds 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z It brings warm water from the tropics to the poles, and cold water from the poles to the tropics, thus keeping polar regions from getting too cold and tropical regions from getting too hot. Physical Geology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Humans have altered nearly 75 percent of all land outside the steepest mountains, the polar regions, and the deserts. Miller & Levine Biology 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z The polar regions receive more intense solar energy. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z Measurements from the Mars Global Surveyor have established the exact elevations in the north polar region of Mars, showing that it is a large basin about the size of our own Arctic Ocean basin. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Referring again to the figure above, note that the polar regions are also predominantly high-pressure areas of descending cold and dry air. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z She has spent at least 20 field seasons and expeditions in the polar regions. Readers Respond to the March 2022 Issue 2022-07-02T04:00:00Z A parade of robotic landers will drop off experiments on the moon to collect reams of scientific data, especially about water ice locked up in the polar regions. NASA’s Return to the Moon Starts With Launching a 55-Pound Cube 2022-06-26T04:00:00Z When ionic compounds are added to water, the individual ions react with the polar regions of the water molecules and their ionic bonds are disrupted in the process of dissociation. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z There are large methane lakes near the polar regions that interact with the methane in the atmosphere, much as Earth’s water oceans interact with the water vapor in our atmosphere. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Central to that effort is rules-based international fisheries management on the open ocean and environmentally sensitive areas like the polar regions. Fishing feud at end of the world split US and UK over Russia 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z Central to that effort is rules-based international fisheries management on the open ocean and environmentally sensitive areas like the polar regions. Fishing feud at end of the world split US and UK over Russia 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z Bacteria in Antarctica have been discovered with genes that give them natural antibiotic and antimicrobial resistance and have the potential to spread out of the polar regions, according to scientists in Chile. WeWork appoints Andre Fernandez as CFO 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z Archaea are a unique group of organisms and likely evolved in the harsh conditions of early Earth and are still prevalent today in extreme environments, such as hot springs and polar regions. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z We see a trench dug by the Phoenix lander in the north polar region four martian days apart in June 2008. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z “Pakistan has the highest number of glaciers outside the polar region and many are losing mass due to high global temperatures,” tweeted Sherry Rehman, Pakistan’s climate change minister. As record-setting heat blasts Pakistan, a glacial lake floods village 2022-05-09T04:00:00Z "Atlantic white sided dolphins in particular, because they have such a northerly range and quite small distribution in cold, temperate sub polar regions, are really sensitive to climate change," Ms Calderan says. Scientists listen in to protect elusive dolphins 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z Their study says that particles of "brown carbon" in the smoke are drifting north and attracting heat to the polar region. Climate change: Wildfire smoke linked to Arctic melting 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z Russia also has strategic military interests in the polar region, but the Arctic Council explicitly excludes military matters from its deliberations. How badly will Russia's war torpedo hopes for global climate cooperation? 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z And with Russian airspace closed to them, western airlines will have to fly longer routes to some international destinations that typically fly over the Russian polar region. FAA will bar Russian aircraft from U.S. airspace 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z As global temperatures have risen, ecosystems such as coral reefs, wetlands, rainforests and polar regions are running up against limits to how much they can adjust, the report says. 5 Takeaways From the U.N. Report on Climate Hazards 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z In the future, Dr. Vijayan and his collaborators plan to extend their analysis to Mars’s polar regions. Bouncing Boulders Point to Quakes on Mars 2022-01-22T05:00:00Z The papers were reviews and syntheses of research by groups of scientists in several countries around the polar region. Warming permafrost puts key Arctic pipelines, roads at ‘high risk,’ study says 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z Speaking of the moon, Russia's moon lander mission Luna-25 is scheduled to launch in May 2022 and make its way to the moon's south polar region. All the space exploration missions to look forward to in 2022 2022-01-02T05:00:00Z He explained that as the world gets hotter, the difference in temperature between the equator and polar regions will decline, and this will impact the flow of the jet streams. Climate change: Hurricanes to expand into more populated regions 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z But scientists say animals seem to be suffering in these more distant polar regions too, according to sporadic reports from the area. Unprecedented die-offs, melting ice: Climate change is wreaking havoc in the Arctic and beyond 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z This warming has propelled a variety of disruptions that make the polar region a potential harbinger for what people at lower latitudes might someday experience as a result of human-induced climate change. Trends in Arctic Report Card: ‘Consistent, Alarming and Undeniable’ 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z This means that its north polar region is aimed right at the sun. The Hubble Telescope Checks In With the Most Distant Planets 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z The scientists will use this model to study the so-called Arctic amplification, a little-understood phenomenon that sees the northern polar regions warm twice as fast as the rest of the world. Can Digital Replica of Earth Save the World from Climate Disaster? 2021-11-07T04:00:00Z Once in orbit, a major focus for the craft will be water-ice deposits inside permanently shaded craters in Mercury’s polar regions. Mercury Dazzles in New Close-up from BepiColombo Mission 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z For years, Coast Guard officials have been pleading with Congress to help them bulk up its icebreaker fleet to ensure continued access to the polar regions. U.S. icebreaker gap with Russia a growing concern as Arctic ‘cold war’ heats up 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z Almost every region of the world, apart from the polar regions, has seen a rise in extreme heat events since the 1950s, according to the new report. Earth just had the hottest month since humans have kept track 2021-08-13T04:00:00Z It also includes polar regions, mountains, oceans and cities. Here’s How Climate Change Will Stress Your Homeland 2021-08-10T04:00:00Z This buffeting generates shimmering, glowing curtains of color known as the aurora borealis in the Northern Hemisphere’s polar regions, and aurora australis in the south. Mars Has Auroras and a U.A.E. Spacecraft Captured New Pictures of Them 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z Elon Musk’s satellite network Starlink is on track to beam broadband Internet everywhere in the world except polar regions by August, Musk said on Tuesday. Low supply drove U.S. home prices higher in April 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z The name was an umbrella for grouping investments ranging from exploring the polar regions to studying human-machine interactions. Biden backs new NSF tech directorate, but Senate balks 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z Nowhere on Earth has climate change been so pronounced as in the polar regions. In the Russian Arctic, the First Stirrings of a Very Cold War 2021-05-22T04:00:00Z She also studies the impact of climate change on polar regions, hence the narwhal. More indelible than ink: Tattoo businesses flourish again 2021-05-22T04:00:00Z The plasma emitted from these ejections pummel Earth’s protective magnetosphere and slide around into its polar regions, clashing with the atmosphere and giving rise to the Northern and Southern Lights, or aurora. One of NASA’s Solar Orbiter tools caught its first video of a coronal mass ejection 2021-05-18T04:00:00Z As part of that effort, Russia has rebuilt and expanded facilities across the polar region, deploying surveillance and defensive assets. Russia’s northernmost base projects its power across Arctic 2021-05-18T04:00:00Z A year into writing “Great Circle,” she started freelancing for Travel + Leisure, Conde Nast Traveler and other outlets that sent her to the same polar regions Graves would explore. A bestselling L.A. novelist was struggling to depict a female adventurer. So she became one 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z But her job to provide real support for research in the polar regions is a permanent position with the NSF. Spearfish native journeys into polar regions for research 2021-04-19T04:00:00Z They are found all over the globe, from tropical waters to the freezing polar regions. Then and now: Rising temperatures threaten corals 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z “Most of the communications satellites that exist today are flying over the equator, and they can’t see the polar region — it’s just too high of an altitude with the curvature of the Earth.” OneWeb and SpaceX are racing to beam internet to the Arctic 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z Warming is occurring at faster rates in the polar regions than elsewhere, fueling a feedback loop that threatens to exacerbate weather changes across the globe and further raise sea levels … Editorial Roundup: US 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z Antarctica is getting 28 new place names to recognise British individuals who've made a major contribution to advancing science in the polar regions. Antarctic place names recognise 'modern explorers' 2020-12-03T05:00:00Z Within the next decade, China plans to establish a robotic base station to conduct unmanned exploration in the south polar region. China to launch moon probe, seeking first lunar rock retrieval since 1970s 2020-11-22T05:00:00Z The archive goes live as climate researchers find increasing evidence that the Earth’s polar regions are warming almost twice as fast as lower latitudes. Wildlife movements offer window on climate change effects 2020-11-21T05:00:00Z Some existing satellites in higher orbits provide data services to the polar regions, but those are limited, especially for the military’s growing demand for data. OneWeb and SpaceX are racing to beam internet to the Arctic 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z The team used radar to probe the planet’s southern polar region. Mars lakes, COVID deaths and strict open access 2020-10-06T04:00:00Z "We suggest that the waters are hypersaline perchlorate brines, known to form at Martian polar regions and thought to survive for an extended period of time on a geological scale at below-eutectic temperatures." Mars has lakes with liquid water that could be home to life: study 2020-09-28T04:00:00Z NASA’s Juno mission is in the process of changing that imbalance and should provide more insights about Io’s polar regions. Jupiter’s Ocean Moons Raise One Another’s Tides 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z “This discovery will reshape our knowledge about the moon’s polar regions,” Li added in another statement. The moon is 'rusting' and scientists are stunned 2020-09-06T04:00:00Z For OneWeb, “all the satellites cross over the polar region, so the highest concentration of their capacity is in the polar regions,” Quilty says. OneWeb and SpaceX are racing to beam internet to the Arctic 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z The Energy Department said the reactor is intended to support exploration in the south polar region of the moon. US eyes building nuclear power plants for moon and Mars 2020-07-24T04:00:00Z The Solar Orbiter, which carries ten instruments, will eventually switch orbits to study the Sun’s polar regions for the first time. Closest Sun shot, methane rising and a Plan S development 2020-07-21T04:00:00Z That is enough to get a good glimpse of the polar regions. Closest Pictures Ever Taken of Sun Show Tiny Campfire Flares 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z The spacecraft will eventually switch its orbit to study the Sun’s polar regions for the first time. This photo of the Sun is the closest ever taken 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z The spacecraft will use near-infrared lasers to shine light into its dark polar regions while an onboard reflectometer will measure surface texture and composition. NASA’s Hunt for Lunar Water Intensifies 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z The WMO verifies global temperature records, though it does not yet recognize the polar regions as a separate region for the WMO extremes archive. Hottest Arctic temperature record probably set with 100-degree reading in Siberia 2020-06-21T04:00:00Z "In the future, we must use this satellite data revolution to help improve our understanding of the oceanographic and atmospheric processes driving change in the remote polar regions," she told BBC News. Space lasers track melting of Earth's ice sheets 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z In recent years, experts have learned more about water ice on the moon, including details about its age, discovery at the polar regions, as well as the fact it may exist all over. NASA will shoot lasers at the moon to help find water 2020-04-29T04:00:00Z Doing so allowed them to map how these whales interact with the human activities taking place in polar regions for what they say is the first time ever in this part of the Arctic. Arctic Exploitation May Harm Animals Large and Small 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z Scientists believe the key to answering that question lies in the sun's polar regions. Solar Orbiter Launches on a Mission to Study the Sun's Poles 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z The Russian Arctic looks remote on the map, but more than a million people live here — far more than in the polar regions of Western Europe and North America. Arctic Dining: Think Frozen Sashimi, With a Side of Reindeer Blood 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z "We believe we will see indications of the next cycle early on in the polar regions," speculated Esa project scientist Dr Daniel Müller. Solar Orbiter: Sun mission primed for launch 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z Climate change is heating up Antarctica and the Arctic — the Earth's polar regions — faster than other regions of the planet. Antarctica appears to have broken a heat record 2020-02-08T05:00:00Z Climate change is heating up Antarctica and the Arctic — the Earth’s polar regions — faster than other regions of the planet. Antarctica appears to have broken a heat record 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z That angle will provide the best images of the sun's polar regions, although throughout the mission, the spacecraft will beam back unprecedented data about these never-before-seen regions. Solar Orbiter Launches on a Mission to Study the Sun's Poles 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z And towards the polar regions are vast deposits of frozen carbon dioxide. Surviving Mars 2020-02-02T05:00:00Z Small differences between the analyses arise from how data-sparse polar regions are treated, but all agree that the past five years are the warmest five years since each global record began. Climate emergency: 2019 was second hottest year on record 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z Its goal was to continue to produce a long-term record of changes here on Earth, and especially changes in the icy polar regions. How a new wave of orbiting sentinels is changing climate science 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z The mild Russian winter is seen as more evidence of global warming - part of a pattern that includes record ice-melting in the polar regions. Moscow brings in artificial snow amid mild winter 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z “This reflects the urgency in which we are operating to ensure we deliver capabilities necessary to support the U.S. Coast Guard and the nation’s missions in the polar regions,” he said. China’s Arctic ambitions spark fear among U.S. military leaders 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z On top of all this, we have been served an eviction notice from our own planet: the polar regions are turning into meltwater. ‘Humans were not centre stage’: how ancient cave art puts us in our place 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z Secretary Mike Pompeo accused Russia of aggressive behaviour in the polar region and said China’s actions must be watched closely. China mixing military and science in Arctic push: Denmark 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z Titan is the only solar system object other than Earth boasting stable liquids on the surface, with lakes and seas of full of methane being major features at its polar regions. 'Possibility of life': scientists map Saturn's exotic moon Titan 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z “The eye is often fooled in polar regions,” said Markus Rex, an atmospheric scientist at the Alfred Wegener Institute in Germany and the Mosaic coordinator. Searching for a Rectangular Sun Above the Arctic Circle 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z In addition, the reconfigured weather map helped to import ozone-rich air from other parts of the Southern Hemisphere, rather than sealing off the polar region entirely. The 2019 ozone hole is the smallest on record since its discovery, but there’s a catch 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z One of the major differences between this mission and all previous such ventures is that SolO will get to take the first close-up images of our star's polar regions. Solar Orbiter ready to take on audacious mission 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z The lander will then separate from the orbiter and use rocket fuel to brake as it attempts to land in the south polar region of the moon on Sept. 7. Indian spacecraft launched last month is now orbiting moon 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z The revelation contradicts arguments that local people believe climate breakdown will benefit the Arctic and raises concern over a growing mental health crisis around climate in the polar region. 'Ecological grief': Greenland residents traumatised by climate emergency 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z Critics say the move is part of China’s expanding presence in the polar region as it seeks a stake in the estimated $30 trillion in untapped resources in the Arctic Sea. China’s Huawei to help Canada’s far north link to internet despite U.S. security warnings 2019-08-04T04:00:00Z Even so, Coast Guard commanders and allies in Congress say the U.S. will need more icebreakers as climate change reshapes the polar regions. Meet the neglected 43-year-old stepchild of the U.S. military industrial complex 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z Joy is part of a collaboration building a European instrument for Russia’s planned Luna-27 lander, which aims to visit the Moon’s south polar region some time after 2023. These young scientists will shape the next 50 years of Moon research 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z The polar region is heating more rapidly, reducing the temperature difference with lower latitudes. Climate change made European heatwave at least five times likelier 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z For mental health professionals who specialise in the polar region, the latest survey findings from Greenland will present another red flag for the Arctic’s vulnerable Inuit communities. 'Ecological grief': Greenland residents traumatised by climate emergency 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z Though Huawei’s role in the project is small, critics worry about China’s growing presence across the polar region. China’s Huawei to help Canada’s far north link to internet despite U.S. security warnings 2019-08-04T04:00:00Z The scientists stress that any rise will almost certainly be amplified in the polar regions. Antarctic Peninsula 'can avoid irreversible change' 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z Melting ice and permafrost are changing the very nature of the Earth’s polar regions. Florida editorial roundup 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z “The Pacific Northwest has been the home of our icebreaking fleet since 1976, and I am confident that the Seattle area will continue to carry out our critical operations in the polar regions,” Adm. Seattle will be home port for new class of icebreakers 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z The Aitken-Basin, a 2,500 km diameter impact feature at the Moon's southern polar region, is a fascinating window into the early solar system and to decoding the composition of the lunar environment. Planet Plates, Metal Moon and Comet Cocktails 2019-06-15T04:00:00Z "BAS is the national capability and logistics provider for the polar regions," he told me. Greenland map captures Arctic in fine detail 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z Three things are needed to improve management and influence policy in polar regions. Next generation of polar researchers agree on three priorities 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z A third exhibit, called “National Geographic Presents: Earth Explorers,” allows visitors to learn about polar regions, oceans, rain forests, mountains, caves, and the African savanna. Exhibits about Ali, nature, motorcycles opening at Graceland 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z That could have a profound effect on the world’s weather as well as on wildlife and indigenous populations in the polar region. Arctic nations to meet amid tensions over environment, resources 2019-05-05T04:00:00Z Department of Defense officials say the mission of the Polar Security Cutter will be to ensure continued access to both polar regions and support the country’s economic, commercial, maritime and national security needs. Department of Defense awards deal for new polar icebreaker 2019-04-27T04:00:00Z In polar regions, the stratosphere's extreme temperatures and winds added to the hazards. Into the overworld: Ex–spy plane to see whether towering storms pose new threat to ozone layer 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z In August 2018, researchers found frozen surface water on the Moon's polar regions, which could be broken down and eventually used for rocket fuel or oxygen to breathe. NASA wants to send astronauts to the Moon’s mysterious South Pole 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z Most places on Earth, apart from the polar regions, also see the sun rise at due east and set at due west along the horizon. The spring equinox arrives Wednesday evening. Here’s everything you need to know. 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z The particles accelerate along Earth’s magnetic field lines toward the icy polar regions. Why Do the Northern and Southern Lights Differ? 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z Scientists captured the cavity with the help of radar on its Operation IceBridge, which began in 2010 and studies links between the climate and conditions at the Earth's polar regions. Ominous hole almost the size of Manhattan discovered under Antarctic glacier 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z The northern and southern lights, aurora borealis and aurora australis, respectively, undulate across the skies in hazy green and sometimes red ribbons near Earth’s polar regions. Top stories: hunting for new elements, asymmetrical aurorae, and the Mars rover’s last gasp 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z The water on the lunar surface is solid, due to the frigid temperatures in space, the lack of an atmosphere and the low angle at which sunlight hits the Moon’s surface in the polar regions. NASA wants to send astronauts to the Moon’s mysterious South Pole 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z The wide diversity of marine mammals and seabirds in polar regions is a biological oddity, because species tend to be more varied nearer the equator. As polar seas heat up, mammals will find less slow, stupid prey 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z Its aim is to explore the ice-shrouded environment of perpetually sunless rivers, lakes and wetlands that exists in Earth’s polar regions and covers an area as big as the United States and Australia combined. The hunt for life below Antarctic ice 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z In 2018, “warming air and ocean temperatures continued to drive broad long-term change across the polar region, pushing the Arctic into uncharted territory,” she said at a meeting of the American Geophysical Union in Washington. Warming in Arctic Raises Fears of a ‘Rapid Unraveling’ of the Region 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z The drilling would be the first of its kind in federal waters in the Arctic and follows Trump’s reversal of an Obama-era ban on fossil fuel activity in the polar region. US oil firm's bid to drill for oil in Arctic hits snag: a lack of sea ice 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z They also found that the oxygen concentrations would be especially high in brines found at the polar regions, where temperatures are cooler. Mars could have enough molecular oxygen to support life 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z All over the south polar region, Zhou said, similar construction was happening. This political thriller brings murder to the Moon 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z The strength of government support was underlined by Sir Alan Duncan, the foreign office minister responsible for polar regions, who said the UK was using all its influence to ensure the proposal went through. UK government backs creation of Antarctic wildlife reserve 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z In both polar regions, field researchers face serious hazards. Harsh climate: The struggle to track global sea level rise 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z “New missions with radar or missions to study the polar regions of Mars could be enormously scientifically productive.” U.S. plans for Mars should include more than sample return, report warns 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z Once the instrument was working, it sent back uncertain, inconsistent findings over this polar region. A Watery Lake Is Detected on Mars, Raising the Potential for Alien Life 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z This image shows an example radar profile for one of 29 orbits over the 200 x 200 km study region in the south polar region of Mars. Liquid water on Mars! Really for real this time (probably) 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z Standard power sources wouldn’t work well for future possible robotic missions to the polar regions of Mars, Holstein-Rathlou and her colleagues noted. Breezes Could Help Power Landers on Mars 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z Blasting through fissures in the south polar region, the jets contain seawater from a global ocean locked beneath the moon’s icy shell. Right Stuff for Life Found on Small Saturn Moon 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z With polar regions warming faster than other parts of the globe, that is altering pressure gradients, reducing the winds that push these storms. Hurricanes Are Moving Slower—And That's a Huge Problem 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z We need to research this more, but I think the effect of the tropics is much greater than the effect of polar regions. New Data: Hurricanes Will Get Worse 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z And with global warming there are lots of changes in the polar regions. Mysterious Arctic Ice Holes Baffle Scientists 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z The polar vortex is a low pressure system that swirls around the polar region. Extreme winter weather becoming more common as Arctic warms, study finds 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z Jovian polar regions are not visible from Earth owing to Jupiter’s low axial tilt, and were poorly characterized by previous missions because the trajectories of these missions did not venture far from Jupiter’s equatorial plane. Clusters of cyclones encircling Jupiter’s poles 2018-03-06T05:00:00Z The ESA is also working with Russia on that country’s Luna 27 robotic lander, slated to plop down in the moon’s south polar region in 2022. Shooting for the Moon--This Time to Stay 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z The Eclipse will serve both polar regions and everything in between in the Atlantic. Boom in small ship cruising: ‘It’s not about the slides’ 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z Alaska is very popular, along with itineraries on smaller ships to other cold-water destinations like Iceland, Greenland and the polar regions. A look at new ships and trends in cruising for 2018 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z The total eclipse will be visible from the western United States and Canada across the Pacific Ocean to most of Australia and China, as well as northern polar regions. Heavenly show to feature trifecta of super blue moon, eclipse 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z Jupiter's colourful low-latitude weather bands turn into cyclones at high latitudes, but the polar region is not visible from Earth and was poorly characterized by previous spacecraft. Clusters of cyclones encircling Jupiter’s poles 2018-03-06T05:00:00Z "China hopes to work with all parties to build a 'Polar Silk Road' through developing the Arctic shipping routes," China said in its first official policy paper on the polar region. China unveils plans for 'Polar Silk Road' 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z And in the southern polar region, it appears to influence atmospheric pressure fields. El Nino's long reach to Antarctic ice 2018-01-08T05:00:00Z There are usually some small differences between the datasets held by the different national bodies based mainly on their coverage of the polar regions and and in their estimates of sea-surface temperature. Record year for US natural disasters 2018-01-08T05:00:00Z The total eclipse will be visible from the western United States and Canada across the Pacific Ocean to most of Australia and China, as well as northern polar regions. Heavenly show to feature trifecta of super blue moon, eclipse 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z Alberto Adriani and colleagues report visible and infrared observations of Jupiter's polar regions made by the Juno spacecraft, which is in a highly elliptical polar orbit. Clusters of cyclones encircling Jupiter’s poles 2018-03-06T05:00:00Z Bomb cyclones draw air from polar regions after they leave. Social media explodes over the real weather term “bomb” 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z The study shows the value of ongoing satellite measurements in polar regions. El Nino's long reach to Antarctic ice 2018-01-08T05:00:00Z But Ayres said their movement was in keeping with patterns that ecologists are seeing globally, as plants and animals migrate toward the warming polar regions. Beavers emerge as agents of Arctic destruction 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z But Dr. Ayres said their movement was in keeping with patterns that ecologists are seeing globally, as plants and animals migrate toward the warming polar regions. Beavers Emerge as Agents of Arctic Destruction 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z "Eventually, China's ambition is that they will be able to put forward their own proposal to influence how the two polar regions will be governed," Mr Liu says. China hails 'first Antarctica flight' 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z It lives in polar regions where life is quiet. Melting sea ice is stressing out narwhals 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z But consider this: World peace reigns in the polar regions! There’s No Cold War at the Poles 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z Last year, while fossil-hunting in Antarctica, Gulbranson and his team found the oldest polar forest on record from the southern polar region. 280-Million-Year-Old Fossil Forest Discovered in Antarctica 2017-11-16T05:00:00Z It will be the second satellite orbiting the polar region. Trump Administration Is Launching a Weather and Climate Satellite 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z The northern polar region is heating up twice as fast as the rest of the planet and that’s setting off alarm bells. Science Says: Fast-melting Arctic sign of bad global warming 2017-08-13T04:00:00Z “I’ve been swimming for 30 years now, and I will be fighting for the protection of the polar regions until my last day,” he added. A Freezing Swim to Call Attention to Warming Waters 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z According to the British Antarctic Survey, these are the only two flowering plants found in the icy polar region, growing around its more temperate edges. Scientists find sunscreen potential in Antarctic plants 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z IceBridge is an aerial survey of the polar regions that has been underway for nearly a decade – the most ambitious of its kind to date. Watching ice melt: inside Nasa’s mission to the north pole 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z “There’s no roads to it. A lot of times it takes place over the polar regions of the country.” Iowa eclipse-chaser to see 18th eclipse in Nebraska 2017-07-22T04:00:00Z What’s required now is a focused and coordinated international effort across the scientific disciplines that observe and model global climate and the polar regions. Solve Antarctica’s sea-ice puzzle 2017-07-18T04:00:00Z These mysterious, thin veils of clouds appear to form around the polar regions in the mesosphere, the highest level of Earth’s atmosphere. Eerie Clouds Glow at Night—How to See Them 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z According to the British Antarctic Survey, these are the only two flowering plants found in the icy polar region, growing around its more temperate edges. Scientists find sunscreen potential in Antarctic plants 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z Scientists say that as temperatures soar in the polar region, invading plants and insects, including the fly, pose a major conservation threat. The latest threat to Antarctica: an insect and plant invasion 2017-06-17T04:00:00Z Even bigger, though shapeless weather systems are present in both polar regions. Monstrous cyclones churning over Jupiter’s poles 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z The first-ever detailed look at Jupiter’s polar regions—captured during Juno’s first orbit last August—reveals chaotic swirls of storms, some measuring up to 1400 kilometers across, researchers report today in Science. Jupiter’s skies are peppered with electron streams, ammonia plumes, and massive storms 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z Auroral lights shining in Jupiter’s polar regions seem to operate in a reverse way to those on Earth. NASA Spacecraft Finds a Chaotic Dance of Storms at Jupiter’s Poles 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z Of all the glaciers in the world’s polar regions, Thwaites may be the most vulnerable to this runaway acceleration. Opinion | The Planet Can’t Stand This Presidency 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z Still relatively unexplored are the deep ocean floor, the polar regions and the major oceanic frontal systems that shape this pollution. Marine litter: Sea change for plastic pollution : Nature : Nature Research 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z They include polar regions and remote areas of oceans not covered by existing systems. Malaysia Airlines to track planes with satellites - BBC News 2017-04-19T04:00:00Z The book concludes with one of the strangest visions of the polar regions ever summoned. Literature’s Arctic Obsession 2017-04-17T04:00:00Z What the spacecraft could see of the polar regions was from a sharp angle, with details hard to make out. NASA Spacecraft Finds a Chaotic Dance of Storms at Jupiter’s Poles 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z Warming patterns are most extreme in the polar regions, particularly in the Arctic. How is rapid warming in the Arctic affecting animals adapted to cold? Scientists track muskoxen to find out 2017-02-20T05:00:00Z The internet for the South Pole Station comes from satellites, which, in polar regions, often orbit below the horizon. Faultlines, black holes and glaciers: mapping uncharted territories 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z The deep sea, the polar regions, outer space and the Internet should be new frontiers for cooperation rather than a wrestling ground for competition, he said. China's Xi says to build new relations with United States 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z The polar regions are radically different from each other because the Arctic is an ocean ringed by land and Antarctica is a vast land mass surrounded by water. Polar sea ice the size of India vanishes in record heat 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z At Earth, charged particles from the sun speeding outward through the solar system are diverted by the planet’s magnetic field and slam into the ground in the polar regions. NASA Spacecraft Finds a Chaotic Dance of Storms at Jupiter’s Poles 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z ‘Things are getting weird in the polar regions’ Trump wants to lift restrictions on ‘clean coal.’ Whatever that is. 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, Juno’s camera provided the first clear pictures of Jupiter’s polar regions. Juno Hobbled but Healthy After Glitch, NASA Says 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z The use of a compass is also problematic in polar regions. Arctic crossing planned for ‘Boaty’ sub - BBC News 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z There are many other caribou around the polar region, among them the famous herds of tundra caribou that thunder across the Arctic. America’s Gray Ghosts: The Disappearing Caribou 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z The telescope observed the plumes three times in 2014, mostly around Europa's southern polar region, scientists told a conference call with reporters. Hubble spots evidence of water plumes on Jupiter's moon Europa 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z Ice has been so minimal around the islands that make up Canada’s northern polar region that Northabout was able to sweep through the NWP in just two weeks. Yacht sails through low-ice Arctic sea routes - BBC News 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z The newly described canyons in Titan’s north polar regions are about half a mile wide and 790 to 1,870 feet deep, with slopes greater than 40 degrees. Grandiose Canyons on a Saturn Moon, Filled With Liquid Methane 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z An obvious suspect was Jupiter’s gargantuan auroras, the glow of charged particles accelerated along the magnetic field into the polar regions. Jupiter’s Great Red Spot Is Also Very Hot 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z Juno will get in closer and will provide the most detailed look at the planet’s polar regions, clouds and auroras. Journey to Jupiter: NASA spacecraft nears planet rendezvous 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z "Cruise ship tourism in both polar regions is well-regulated," it said. UK-funded ice breaker in 'elite' Arctic tourism row - BBC News 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z Close-up images of the polar regions will be taken during the first full orbit on August 27 and may include pictures of Jupiter’s largest moon, Ganymede. NASA Probe Is About to Give the Best Ever Views of Jupiter 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z These mysterious, thin veils of clouds appear to form around Earth’s polar regions in the mesosphere, the highest level of Earth’s atmosphere. Now Is the Best Time to See Electric-Blue Clouds at Night Summers are spent breeding and giving birth in sub-tropical waters, and they spend their winters in sub-Arctic polar regions where they feed on krill and plankton. How the ‘animal internet’ sheds light on the secrets of migration 2016-06-11T04:00:00Z China is increasingly active in the polar region, becoming one of the biggest mining investors in Greenland and agreeing a free trade deal with Iceland. China wants ships to use faster Arctic route opened by global warming 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z At the dawn of modernism, in the late nineteenth century, the activity of avant-garde artists often resembled rival expeditions into uncharted polar regions. The Terrifying Beauty of Mallarmé 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z But when studying these polar regions, Siegler and his team noticed that water-ice seemed to be missing from some of the shadowed craters. The Moon spun on a different axis billions of years ago, study finds 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z He said light pillars were more common in polar regions. 'Rare' light pillars spotted in sky over Rhigos mountain - BBC News 2016-03-12T05:00:00Z That's an unusual place to spot them, as they usually appear along polar regions. Rare Shimmering Rainbow Clouds Appear Over the U.K. 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z His illustration, simple but effective, showed a white and blue map of the polar region and noted the years the treaty had been in effect. Howard Koslow, stamp designer whose masterpieces adorned millions of items of mail, dies at 91 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z Nacreous clouds form in the lower stratosphere over polar regions when the sun is just below the horizon. Colourful nacreous clouds spark aurora borealis reports - BBC News 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z Scientists are starting to understand certain links between climate change, ocean warming and their impact on polar regions. Murre mystery 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z Even the polar regions, generally considered still to be pristine zones, are becoming affected. Plastic now pollutes every corner of Earth 2016-01-23T05:00:00Z There are uncertainties in the measurements, partly due to fewer measurements in the polar regions, and these are included in the calculations. 2015 smashes record for hottest year, final figures confirm 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z Iridium will keep you connected in the polar regions and the Americas, while a Thuraya phone covers the rest of the globe. Summers in Sudan? Adventures in Afghanistan? Your Guide to Risky Travel 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z "We're either looking at new feedbacks that kick in in the polar regions at high temperatures, possibly associated with vegetation and aerosols or hazes," Schmidt says. The Most Important Number in Climate Change 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z “Already, there is evidence of warming in the polar regions,” he said in an email. Research trip takes Southern Miss student to North Pole 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z They're common in polar regions, says Teresa Wilson, a graduate student in physics at Michigan Technological University in Houghton, in an email. Is This Floating City in the Skies Over China Real? 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z The ground at the earth's polar regions may be frozen, but the stillness stops there. Book Review: Polar 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z The south polar region has areas which are always dark. Europe and Russia mission to assess Moon settlement - BBC News 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z Charon's coloring is "much more limited than Pluto’s," but that north polar region is "distinctly red," the researchers write. New Horizons scientists publish the first scientific study of Pluto 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z Chief executive Duncan Wingham said the vessel would "help UK scientists continue to lead the world in understanding our polar regions". Cammell Laird in Birkenhead 'to build' polar research ship - BBC News 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z And being at the polar regions of the world meant the vegetarian dinosaurs also endured periods of darkness. This Newly Discovered Dinosaur Thrived in the Cold of Alaska 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z Accordingly, meeting these challenges requires the United States to develop and maintain capacity for year-round access to greater expanses within polar regions.” Obama pledges faster action on new icebreakers to keep up in Arctic 2015-09-01T04:00:00Z Front lines – there will be differential impacts, on the Amazon or the polar regions or the Southwest of the United States. Q&A: Golden State Governor Talks Global Warming 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z BA 1.04 % and each weighing more than 6 metric tons, fills a hole over the Pacific to provide global coverage in all but some polar regions. Inmarsat Says Russian Proton Rocket Puts Satellite Into Orbit 2015-08-29T04:00:00Z BA 1.04 % -made satellites, each weighing more than 6 metric tons, fills a hole over the Pacific to provide global coverage in all but some polar regions. Russian Rocket Launches Inmarsat Satellite 2015-08-28T04:00:00Z Although not an Arctic nation, China sees the value in building modern icebreakers to support its activity in the polar regions—north and south. In the Race for Arctic Energy, the U.S. and Russia Are Polar Opposites 2015-08-25T04:00:00Z When the magnetosphere shields Earth from these solar particles, they get funneled toward the polar regions of our atmosphere. Our Power Grid Is More Vulnerable to Space Weather Than We Thought 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z That organization was designed to help young research gain access to polar regions and studies and is essentially a career-development group. Marathon, UWSP grad directs Antarctic science efforts 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z The Orbiter will be the first to provide close-up views of the sun’s polar regions, which are almost impossible to observe from Earth. To Mars and boldly beyond: space missions to look out for 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z In Charon’s north polar region, the dark surface markings have a diffuse boundary, suggesting a thin deposit or stain on the surface. Pluto pictures: Nasa reveals first high-resolution images of planet's surface 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z And the polar region, above them both, is neither bright nor dark. Pluto and Charon come into sharper focus 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z China expanded the powers of its military and intelligence arms to protect the Communist Party’s interests domestically, and in international waters, the polar regions and outer space. Your Wednesday Evening Briefing 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z The law touches on a wide range of matters, from the need to punish "illegal cult activities" to China's ambitions to explore outer space and polar regions. China's new national security law covers everything from space to cults 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z To estimate how Arctic warming might alter global trends, Karl's team used a nonlinear technique to fill in the data gaps for the polar region. Much-touted global warming pause never happened 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z But Shell's exploration plans were a reminder that the polar region is home to what the U.S. government estimates is 20 percent of the world's undiscovered oil and gas. For green activists, Arctic drilling could be the next big thing 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope detected water vapour above the south polar region of Europa in 2012, so the mission will also include instruments to try to verify the observations. NASA Kicks Off Mission To Find Life On Jupiter's Moon 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z Their aim is to gather data about how the polar region is changing. Arctic research from an ice-bound boat - BBC News 2015-05-03T04:00:00Z Messenger's work helped determine the composition and history of the planet, as well as confirming that its polar regions contained both ice and organic material. This is the last image sent by NASA's Messenger before it crashed into Mercury 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z Because Pluto is tipped onto its side, similar to Uranus, New Horizons has a steady gaze on one of its polar regions, which appears in the images to be consistently brighter than other areas. NASA spacecraft spots possible ice cap on Pluto 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z Increasing foot traffic poses “particular risks of disturbance or contamination to some of the last remaining essentially pristine areas on the planet,” said Alan Hemmings, an environmental consultant on polar regions. Antarctica tourists: Be prepared for the wild and unexpected 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z Because the Earth’s magnetic field funnels charged particles from these solar storms toward its poles, polar regions are much more likely to be affected by them. Severe solar storm bathes northern skies in dazzling green auroras 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z What are you learning about the Earth’s climate past that you can’t learn from the polar regions? Couple has spent decades exploring glaciers, which reveal climate history 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z The workhorse telescope studied changes in colorful auroras in the moon's polar regions that are produced by its magnetic field to determine the existence of an ocean lurking underneath. Ganymede Has a Salty Ocean 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z That sets up an interesting dynamic with telltale visuals – twin bands of glowing aurora around Ganymede’s northern and southern polar regions. NASA confirms ocean on Jupiter moon, raising prospects for life 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z The workhorse telescope studied changes in colorful auroras in the moon’s polar regions that are produced by its magnetic field to determine the existence of an ocean lurking underneath. NASA: Evidence of ocean beneath solar system’s biggest moon 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z Specifically, scientists plan to search the plumes of water vapor, first spotted by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope in 2012, that blast from the moon’s south polar region. NASA Thinks There May Be Life on Jupiter's Moon 2015-02-21T05:00:00Z "This incident is a sobering reminder of the importance of the U.S. icebreaker fleet as we see increased human activity in the polar regions." U.S. breaker to rescue fishing vessel stranded in Antarctic ice 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z To understand the deep-ocean currents, it's easiest to look first at Earth's polar regions. Seawater Science: Model Ocean Currents in Your Kitchen 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z "If you look at the overall rise in temperature across the globe ... the polar region is warming at twice the rate," Serreze said. Land of the Midnight Sun Warms Fastest in World 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z The heat obtainable from same quantity of water could be used keep polar regions "at the temperature of the Sahara for a thousand years", he added, something most scientists would not want to happen today. Strange predictions for the future from 1930 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z But the warming over land tends to be much greater, and the warming in some polar regions greater still. Is a Two-Degree Limit on Global Warming Off Target? 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z In the following years, Seaman couldn’t resist revisiting the polar regions. These Haunting Polar Photos Show the Impact of Climate Change 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z “Even with low levels of traffic, it is still important to ensure any ships trading in the polar regions are adequately protected and equipped for the specific environments,” said the IMO in a statement. Polar Code protects ships and species in icy waters 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z Dolphin-sized robots are giving clues to a thaw of Antarctica's ice in a sign of how technology is revolutionizing data collection in remote polar regions, scientists said on Monday. Robot 'dolphins' give clues to Antarctic melt in data revolution 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z “The broader scientific community supports the idea that extreme summers like 2012 are a sign of increased global warming in polar regions,” he said. Warming Temperatures Threaten Fragile Balance in Canadian Arctic 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z Indeed, the seas and lakes that pepper the moon's north polar region are filled not with water, but with methane and ethane. Clue in moon's 'Magic Island' puzzle 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z Grady wants to test his ideas by studying dinosaur fossils from polar regions, such as Alaska. Dinosaurs neither warm-blooded nor cold-blooded 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z That means that polar regions may rival wind-blown dust as a source of ocean iron. Glacial Melt Pours Iron into Ocean, Seeding Algal Blooms 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z When solar flares or other particularly strong bursts of charged particles slam into Saturn, lines in the planet’s magnetic field collapse, sending a cascade of particles into the planet’s atmosphere in polar regions. ScienceShot: Saturn’s Auroras Decoded 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z To learn what governs this variability, we need to expand ground-based networks across the polar region for monitoring carbon release from ecosystems and its exchange with the atmosphere. Climate science: Understand Arctic methane variability 2014-05-13T04:00:00Z But the Planck map does not cover the full sky, and excludes, in particular, the south polar region where evidence for the gravitational waves was spotted. Milky Way map skirts question of gravitational waves 2014-05-07T04:00:00Z This imaginary voyage takes viewers to a polar region where the iconic, seemingly eternal, landscape of ice and snow is in profound and rapid transition due to climate change. Upcoming Science-Art Events Around the Country 2014-04-29T18:17:57Z This fits with the evidence of the geysers, most of which erupt from the south polar region. Looking For Alien Life? Try Saturn's Moon Enceladus 2014-04-07T16:55:00Z It is preparing the final draft of the "polar code," which if enacted would be the first comprehensive mandatory rules for commercial ships in polar regions. New Oceans at Poles Require New Rules for Ships 2014-04-01T15:30:00Z The challenge is coordinating them, using similar equipment, to support continuous methane-emissions monitoring that is consistent over the whole polar region. Climate science: Understand Arctic methane variability 2014-05-13T04:00:00Z Moss is a vital part of the ecosystem in the polar regions and scientists now know that it can survive for centuries or even millennia, proving it can outlive long-term ice ages. It's Alive! Frozen Antarctic Moss Is Revived After 1,500 Years 2014-03-18T16:58:00Z The vast majority of Titan's lakes and seas are concentrated around the north polar region. 'Waves' detected on Titan’s lakes 2014-03-18T14:27:12Z As a result, each year, the ozone layer over the southern polar region experiences a deep thinning. Weather 'behind ozone hole changes' 2013-12-12T18:10:42Z While that is an issue anywhere, they say, polar regions may be less able to adapt to foreign organisms. New Oceans at Poles Require New Rules for Ships 2014-04-01T15:30:00Z Knowing that is key to understanding how climate change is affecting methane releases in the polar region, said Shakhova. More Arctic Methane Bubbles into Atmosphere 2013-11-25T18:45:00.527Z There are readings from the European Space Agency’s Mars Express spacecraft more or less paralleling those findings and also reporting seaonal spikes of up to 45 ppb in the north polar region. Life on Mars? It's Doubtful 2013-09-19T20:35:26Z Around the time of the summer solstice areas of Norway, Finland, Greenland, Alaska and other polar regions experience 'midnight sun'. What is the summer solstice? 2013-06-21T13:06:27Z The council, established in 1996 and headed by eight Arctic nations, promotes sustainable development in the warming polar region. Seven days: 17–23 May 2013 2013-05-22T17:20:25.147Z The impacts of rising temperature are being felt particularly keenly in the polar regions Scientists say the recent downturn in the rate of global warming will lead to lower temperature rises in the short-term. Warming extremes 'not as likely' 2013-05-19T17:31:29Z One question on everyone’s mind is whether the glaciers are retreating, as is happening in parts of the real polar regions. The climate of Tibet: Pole-land 2013-05-09T15:00:31Z Given that the northern polar region was “the only large uncommitted area lying between the world’s strongest antagonists,” polar operations weighed heavily on defense planners’ minds. We tried to weaponize the weather 2013-04-27T19:00:00Z This certainly fits with anecdotal evidence that sea-ice in the southern polar region in the 1960s was very broad. Earliest satellite ice maps produced 2013-04-24T14:30:58Z Some bird species, for example, nest in polar regions and require open spaces to do so. Vegetation May Speed Warming of Arctic 2013-04-01T16:15:00.347Z And as we’ve learned from Earth’s polar regions, as long as you’ve got water, extreme cold is no bar to life. The Great (and Recent) Martian Flood 2013-03-11T11:50:00Z Most explorers regard the polar regions as territory to be beaten into submission. The Last of His Species 2013-02-12T05:00:00Z If the hypothesis holds, it implies that tropical species may be particularly vulnerable to climate change, even though temperate and polar regions will warm much more than the tropics. Climate adaptation: Survival of the flexible 2013-02-06T18:21:00.187Z The valley crosses Titan's north polar region and runs into Ligeia Mare, one of the three great seas in Titan's high northern latitudes. How Nasa gave us the images that shine new light on Earth – and beyond 2012-12-29T12:14:57Z Lake Ellsworth is one of nearly 400 sub-glacial lakes in Antarctica - a feature of this polar region only discovered 16 years ago. Antarctic lake bid set to restart 2012-12-21T15:39:15Z In Titan’s north polar region, the river flows some 400 kilometers into Ligeia Mare, a giant sea of hydrocarbons. Titan Sports Hydrocarbon Nile 2012-12-17T21:45:00.920Z The protostar and disk both work together and drive a bipolar outflow that evacuates the polar regions of the envelope. A ∼0.2-solar-mass protostar with a Keplerian disk in the very young L1527 IRS system 2012-12-11T21:22:31.323Z That's similar to the global average, but high altitude ecosystems like páramos and cloud forests in the tropical Andes are particularly sensitive to warming – much like coral reefs, glaciers and polar regions. South American Cities Face Flood Risk Due to Andes Meltdown 2012-12-05T15:17:51.300Z The chlorine points to the presence of chlorine compounds known as perchlorates that had been discovered in Mars's polar regions by the NASA's Phoenix Mars lander in 2008. The Lede Blog: Mars Rover Discovery Revealed 2012-12-04T21:19:40Z On the other hand, because the tropics and polar regions are projected to warm at different rates, winds over the midlatitude Pacific are expected to weaken slightly. Megastorms Could Drown Massive Portions of California 2012-11-30T12:15:00.203Z Photograph: Jenny E Ross/Corbis Some of Britain's top environmental science agencies are being told to use their skills to help "de-risk" investment for UK companies in the polar regions. Environmental science agencies told to help oil firms drilling in polar regions 2012-10-14T15:04:02Z The protostar and disk both work together and drive a bipolar outflow that evacuates the polar regions of the envelope. A ∼0.2-solar-mass protostar with a Keplerian disk in the very young L1527 IRS system 2012-12-11T21:22:31.323Z “The two polar regions are “really two very different parts of the Earth even though they’re both cold.” Jonah Goldberg has nothing to say about climate change 2012-10-02T22:53:00Z That inability, in turn, will affect the temperature differences between the northern polar region and areas further south. What Will Ice-Free Arctic Summers Bring? 2012-09-24T10:15:00.177Z Our delicate polar regions are continually threatened by climate change and so often used to forecast and track the state of our planet. Viewpoint: Should we send humans to Mars? 2012-09-22T03:28:15Z In this case the infrared readings were crucial since Mars’ polar regions, like Earth’s, remain dark all winter. Martian Blizzard! It's Snowing on the Red Planet 2012-09-17T13:35:16Z An alternate explanation for the result, Gough suggests, might be that the atmosphere over the sun's polar regions is slightly different than that over the sun’s equator. Sun Slimmer Than Expected 2012-08-16T19:05:00Z The auroras are most visible at high latitudes - usually in the polar regions. System could warn of solar storms 2012-08-15T22:59:14Z "We think that the polar regions, and especially Antarctica, are likely to be the first places where animals reach these critical problems for making skeletons," he said. Ocean Acidification Thins Marine Creatures' Shells and Could Disrupt Food Chains 2012-08-06T00:45:02.960Z Permafrost is a thick layer of subsurface soil in polar regions that remains frozen year-round. Following the Ice: Is this Global Warming? 2012-07-12T19:45:02.967Z The TiME probe would spend three months bobbing around Ligeia Mare, a sea near Titan's north polar region, measuring its chemistry with a mass spectrometer. Tropical Lakes on Saturn Moon Could Expand Options for Life 2012-06-14T18:45:00.227Z "Frozen Planet" seeks to entice viewers with footage of penguins and other animals of the polar regions. Discovery?s ?Frozen Planet? Is Silent on Causes of Climate Change 2012-04-20T17:44:45Z Still, with heat-trapping greenhouse gases warming the polar regions much faster than the rest of the planet today, investigators have many other questions about these organisms. Bugs in the Ice Sheet 2012-04-18T15:45:20.777Z So while these defrosted bugs may not be appearing in a sci-fi thriller at your local movie house any time soon, they do present another worry for the future of the polar regions, scientists say. Melting Glaciers Liberate Ancient Microbes 2012-04-18T15:45:01.093Z Monitoring the animals inhabiting both polar regions has taken on new importance as humans try to determine the impact climate change is having on various species. Penguins from Space: A New Satellite Census Doubles the Known Population of Emperors 2012-04-13T21:15:00.233Z We will close this article with an account given by Dr. Kane of an extraordinary case of phosphorescence on the human body which occurred in the polar regions. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Of the hundreds of expeditions, British and foreign, despatched to the Arctic regions, very few indeed have been organised for that discovery, or even for the exploration of the polar region proper. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z This was confirmed on November 23, 1906, when Signor J. Comas Sola observed a brilliant white spot surrounded by a dark marking in the north polar region of the third satellite. Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies 2012-03-27T02:00:18Z In our orbit in the earth-moon rotating frame, we are within view of the south polar region 96 percent of the time. Readers Respond to "Hidden Switches in the Mind" and Other Articles 2012-03-23T12:15:00.193Z The spiral nebul�, as to their distribution, are remote from the Galaxy, and the north Galactic polar region contains a greater aggregation than the south. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z Among the startling and too-often believed stories of the polar regions are many which have their origin as whalers' "yarns." True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z It will be interesting, and somewhat important, to note briefly, before entering on the consideration of the great Arctic voyages, just how much and how little we know about the polar region proper. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z Kunches said there were still some communication disruptions in the polar regions of the Earth that led airlines to reroute flights on Wednesday to avoid problems. Solar Storm Has Minor Impact on Earth 2012-03-09T17:45:04.197Z The prevalence of light colours in the animals of polar regions is well known: the arctic fox, the white bear, the snow-bunting, are striking instances of this peculiarity; but these circumstances are purely superficial. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z The study, the first continent-wide assessment of invasive species in Antarctica, surveyed about 1,000 passengers during 2007-2008, the first year of the International Polar Year, an international effort to research the polar regions. Accidentally 'Introduced' Species Threaten Antarctic Ecosystem 2012-03-06T15:45:00.227Z Its face is a solid, glassy wall three hundred feet above the water-level, and in extending from Cape Agassiz, a measured distance north, of sixty miles, and then disappearing in the unknown polar regions. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z It is to the celebrated Captain Cook that we owe the earliest careful explorations of the south polar regions. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z One degree may not seem like a lot, but this increase is a global average and the warming is not uniformly distributed across the planet; it is higher in some areas, including the polar regions. Climate Change: A planet in flux 2012-02-29T18:21:19.490Z “I should like exceedingly to take another trip to the polar regions,” said the professor. First at the North Pole Two Boys in the Arctic Circle 2012-02-27T03:00:16.033Z Associated sand-wedge structures, like those that occur in modern-day polar regions, suggest big seasonal temperature fluctuations as well. Alien Life May Not Survive on Planets With Uranus-Like Tilts 2012-02-12T15:15:00.267Z When this was done, no frost king but the one presiding over the polar regions could have entered. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z But with few long-term measurements of ice outside the polar regions, getting a handle on just how fast it was melting was tricky. Satellites Help Scientists Quantify Ice Melt and Sea Level Rise 2012-02-09T19:15:13.780Z But those numbers do not include melting from polar regions where the vast majority of the world's freshwater is locked away. Scientists melt mystery over icecaps and sea levels 2012-02-08T18:10:48Z Then he went north in another ship, the Erie, carrying supplies for the Peary party, then again in the polar regions. First at the North Pole Two Boys in the Arctic Circle 2012-02-27T03:00:16.033Z The occurrence of coal in polar regions, and of glacial residue in the tropics, may be regarded as further corroborative evidence. The Energy System of Matter A Deduction from Terrestrial Energy Phenomena 2011-12-21T03:00:36.570Z Thus closed another effort to unlock the secrets of the extreme polar region. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z The voyages of Cook in the latter part of the eighteenth century constituted the first circumnavigation of the south polar regions. South Pole Discovered, December 14, 1911 2011-12-15T00:45:00.480Z “Frozen Planet” is described as “the ultimate portrait of our Earth’s polar regions.” ?Frozen Planet,? a 7-part series on polar life, to premiere on Discovery Channel on March 18 2011-12-06T18:31:37Z We are going to face many perils in the polar regions. First at the North Pole Two Boys in the Arctic Circle 2012-02-27T03:00:16.033Z In the polar regions of low velocity they will be less evident. The Energy System of Matter A Deduction from Terrestrial Energy Phenomena 2011-12-21T03:00:36.570Z A new report card from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration rates the polar region with blazing red stop lights on three of five categories and yellow cautions for the other two. Report card: Arctic is a hotter, darker place since 2006, melting and absorbing heat more 2011-12-01T20:34:04Z And he shivered under an accumulation of great-coats and furs that one would have thought sufficient for the temperature of polar regions. A Mere Chance, Vol. 3 of 3 A Novel 2011-11-24T03:00:45.990Z Another Christmas Eve arrived, the third they had spent in the polar regions; but this was the dreariest and gloomiest of them all. Fridtjof Nansen A book for the young 2011-11-17T03:00:36.810Z I am going to Greenland, and then into the polar regions. First at the North Pole Two Boys in the Arctic Circle 2012-02-27T03:00:16.033Z Like the ordinary heating action also, that of transformation will take place with greater intensity in equatorial than in polar regions. The Energy System of Matter A Deduction from Terrestrial Energy Phenomena 2011-12-21T03:00:36.570Z The bear is found in the polar regions, in Siberia, the Caucasus, the Pyrenees, the Himalayas, in various parts of Western Asia, in Canada, and the United States. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z Even though there are no radiation fears for people on the ground, there are worries for increased radiation for planes flying over the polar regions. Sun activity could mean Northern Lights in Ohio this weekend 2011-11-04T18:47:31Z Another effect of an increase in the area of the lands in middle and high latitudes would be to interpose barriers to oceanic circulation and thus lower the temperature of polar regions. Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes 2011-10-28T02:00:24.840Z They were pushing away from one of the big bergs that seemed to tower up into the sky like some giant of the polar regions. First at the North Pole Two Boys in the Arctic Circle 2012-02-27T03:00:16.033Z A piece of solid material of low melting-point is brought from the polar regions of the earth to the equator. The Energy System of Matter A Deduction from Terrestrial Energy Phenomena 2011-12-21T03:00:36.570Z Range—North America, from polar regions to Mexico. Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z RESOLUTE, Nunavut—As global interest in Arctic exploration explodes, Canada is pushing to assert rights over a larger chunk of the polar region and lure companies to exploit the territory's promising natural resources. Canada Presses Claims Over a Chunk of Arctic 2011-09-28T01:49:27Z A depression surrounds the little-known south polar region in a continuous ring and extends northwards in three vast hollows lying between the arms of the elevated area. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" 2011-09-19T02:00:10.473Z “Not exactly, but I’ve told them—and so has the captain—that we intended to stay in the polar regions for at least two years.” First at the North Pole Two Boys in the Arctic Circle 2012-02-27T03:00:16.033Z These photos focus on the south pole of Vesta right now, as the JPL explains: Currently it is northern winter on Vesta, and the northern polar region is in perpetual darkness. Stunning Photos of Vesta from Dawn 2011-09-18T01:31:05Z He studies high-altitude clouds from a plane in desolate polar regions, which feeds his love of science and adventure. Commercial space flight: Scientists in space 2011-08-24T17:20:44.227Z Nay, to that far-off, almost polar region, the enterprise of the inhabitants had attracted the genius of commerce and its attendants, prosperity and abundance. The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind 2011-08-19T02:00:11.867Z Purple snow," says the writer, "is a linguistic expression, an attempt to suggest with words what Frank Wilbert Stokes has done with paints in his superb pictures of the polar regions. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z Vesta's northern polar region is currently in the deep shadow of winter. Northern exposure 2011-07-29T10:29:58Z From the outside, Vesta looks like a punctured football, the result of a colossal collision sometime in its past that knocked off its south polar region. Asteroid Vesta reveals its scars 2011-07-19T11:44:01Z Asteroid Vesta looks like a punctured football, the result of a colossal collision sometime in its past that knocked off its south polar region. Dawn probe orbits asteroid Vesta 2011-07-17T09:50:48Z The asteroid looks like a punctured football, the result of a colossal collision sometime in its past that knocked off its south polar region. Probe prepares to orbit asteroid 2011-07-14T16:27:37Z But, Mrs. B., if the air is constantly flowing from the poles, to the torrid zone, there must be a deficiency of air, in the polar regions? Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z Accidents are also more likely where mapping of the seabed is extremely patchy – as it is throughout the polar region. Thawing Arctic opens up new shipping routes on the 'roof of the world' 2011-07-05T14:50:38Z This is particularly true of the polar regions, where previous imagery was poor or even absent. Messenger spies Mercury in detail 2011-06-16T19:16:39Z Thus on the elevation of the later Cretaceous land, plants previously established in the far north spread themselves southward, over newly-raised lands, radiating from the polar regions into Europe, Asia, and America. The Chain of Life in Geological Time A Sketch of the Origin and Succession of Animals and Plants 2011-06-01T02:00:24.880Z Among Arctic theories none has more fully occupied and interested the mind of the general public than that of an open, navigable sea in the polar regions. Explorers and Travellers 2011-05-11T02:00:17.627Z The northern portion of the continent extends into the little known polar region of prevailingly low barometrical pressure, where midsummer and midwinter calms normally prevail. North America 2011-05-05T02:00:20.027Z Those numbers did not include a possible acceleration of a thaw in polar regions. Seas could rise up to 1.6 metres by 2100: study 2011-05-03T12:44:56Z We share some of the phenomena of light of the polar regions. A Northern Countryside 2011-04-27T02:00:22.523Z What chance would there be for life on a world the average condition of which would correspond to that of a terrestrial mountain top, ten miles high and in the heart of the polar regions? Are the Planets Inhabited? 2011-04-24T02:00:07.733Z Owing to the vast accumulation of snow and ice in the northern hemisphere, the difference of temperature between equatorial and temperate and polar regions would be greater in that hemisphere than in the southern. Geology 2011-02-20T03:00:12.660Z The Planetary Winds.—The great movements in the atmosphere originate from differences in temperature between the warm equatorial and cold polar regions. North America 2011-05-05T02:00:20.027Z Spiders live in every habitat on earth except the polar regions. Spiders hoist shells into mid air 2011-02-08T08:56:37Z “Barring the polar regions, the southern part of Chile is the wildest and least known part of the world,” he said. His Unknown Wife 2011-01-27T03:00:38.763Z To make results from different polar regions more comparable, it says, experimental approaches and measurements of factors such as sea-ice extent or population dynamics should be standardized. Environmental science: US science academy report calls for 'bipolar' research 2011-01-19T16:52:32.840Z Those of Barnard, of the Lick Observatory party, were studied by Holden, and exhibited the fact that rays, like the “polar-rays,” extended all round the sun, instead of being confined to the polar regions only. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" 2011-01-19T03:00:19.027Z A marked variation, which has an important bearing not only on climate, but on the distribution of life encountered in passing from equatorial to polar regions, is found in the distribution of light. North America 2011-05-05T02:00:20.027Z Information is next furnished concerning the largest Walrusses, and it is plain that the polar region is referred to. Ancient Chinese account of the Grand Canyon, or course of the Colorado 2011-01-12T03:00:34.043Z If weight and thickness were sure indications of warmth this should have been all right for the polar regions, for the complete outfit must have weighed 25 pounds. Woodcraft 2010-12-30T03:00:30.337Z Some of the highest levels of oxidized mercury ever observed outside the polar regions exist there. Air Above Dead Sea Contains Very High Levels of Oxidized Mercury 2010-12-29T15:23:00Z Climate scientists are interested in what this period may tell us about the effects of global warming, particularly in the polar regions. Bering Sea Was Ice-Free and Full of Life During Last Warm Period 2010-12-14T15:46:00Z The Apollo spacecraft landed in the parched midlands of the moon, but last year's mission tested the south polar region, which turns out to be far more chemically diverse. What's the moon made of? NASA mission finds it's nothing so simple as cheese. 2010-10-22T02:46:04Z By the end of the 1980s, Russia was financially incapable of waging an arms race in the polar regions. The Race for Arctic Oil: Is Russia Ready to Share? 2010-09-27T21:50:00Z This process is particularly important in the polar region, because some of the plankton like the polar region.” A Center to Study Oceans & Climate 2010-09-27T16:13:00Z The mechanisms involved in the conversion of mercury above the Dead Sea appear similar, however, to those in polar regions: both start with halogens. Air Above Dead Sea Contains Very High Levels of Oxidized Mercury 2010-12-29T15:23:00Z The National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the European Space Agency are developing new satellites to map and comprehend the polar regions as never seen before. Unfreezing Arctic Assets 2010-09-18T01:24:00Z To address these questions, scientists from China and elsewhere are rushing around the oceans from ice-cold polar regions to the Indo-Pacific Warm Pool, the warmest marine waters in the world. Bacteria and climate change: Invisible carbon pumps 2010-09-09T10:43:00Z Of course, in the New Scientist this refers to science-type people, such as a gentleman called Daniel Snowman who has written a book about polar regions. What could be better than the man who once pocketed a ?21m bonus being called Diamond?| Hadley Freeman 2010-09-08T08:01:00Z She found particularly strong signals of selection in populations that live in polar regions, in people who live by foraging, and in people whose diets are rich in roots and tubers. Adventures in Very Recent Evolution 2010-07-19T21:30:00Z In addition, Smos is returning some fascinating information on the polar regions. Water mission fights interference 2010-05-05T11:27:00Z Indeed, O'Dor noted that some squid formerly found only in tropical areas are now migrating to polar regions as climate changes. Marine Census Grows Near Completion 2010-02-19T17:28:00Z The experience of Dr. Hayes, and other explorers of the polar regions, is that alcohol does not enable the body to resist the influence of cold, but, on the contrary, is always injurious. A Treatise on Physiology and Hygiene For Educational Institutions and General Readers To cultivate his faithful friendship has for many years been my chief ambition, in spite of the wide distance between your polar region and the equator. Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History It is fairly certain that about the middle of the Tertiary period the northern hemisphere possessed a temperate climate, such that even the polar regions were habitable. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" It lives in the polar regions, frequents the sea, feeds on fish, seals, &c., and usually is 7 to 8 feet in length. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis But the whole polar regions are full of unknown things, which every Arctic explorer of the right stamp looks forward to finding. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 2, July, 1893 Seasons are more extreme, and ice accumulates on the mountain 210tops and around the polar region, precursor of a glacier period. Unexplored! This order embraces several species of the seal kind, which are found in all seas, but chiefly in those of the polar regions. Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom The Sun-tap station stood in plain sight on a high plateau near a polar region. The Secret of the Ninth Planet The contrast between the trade and the surrounding atmosphere, in winter, is much more striking, and this has been observed particularly upon the Brocken of the Alps, and in the polar regions. The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes If the climate, therefore, of the polar regions were transferred to our own latitudes, the species in question would immediately descend from these elevated stations to overrun the low grounds. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology In 1880, the proposal was made by an international polar commission that the leading countries should unite in establishing meteorological stations in the polar region. The Greater Republic A History of the United States This animal is a native of the polar regions, and in many of its habits resembles the seal. Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom Wherever you penetrate, that life can be sustained, you find living beings to exist; in the depths of ocean, in the arid desert, or at the icy polar regions. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 22, March, 1852, Volume 4. Even in the polar regions, in midwinter, where the sun does not shine at all, the same moderating changes with which we are conversant occur in degree. The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes The distance to which icebergs float from the polar regions on the opposite sides of the line is, as might have been anticipated, very different. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology There is hardly any limit to the time in which provisions can be preserved in the polar regions. The Greater Republic A History of the United States Two or three varieties are found in the polar regions of the American continent. Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom They are distributed over the whole world excepting the polar regions, but are especially insects of the tropics. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" In the polar regions, north and south, the air is far below freezing point the year round. Earth and Sky Every Child Should Know Easy studies of the earth and the stars for any time and place This, however, could not take place without laying dry the polar regions, so that protuberant land would appear at the poles, and a zone of ocean be disposed around the equator. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology M. Guillemin proceeds to explain, however, that this poverty of the polar regions is singularly compensated for by the stars of the equatorial zone. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations Of this animal there are many species; among which, the white bear of the polar regions, and the grisly bear of the eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains, are the largest and most formidable. Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom Those who wish to understand the effect of oceanic currents in conveying heat to the north temperate and polar regions, should study the papers of Dr. Croll already referred to. Island Life Or the Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras The crust is frozen the year around in the polar regions, and never between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. Earth and Sky Every Child Should Know Easy studies of the earth and the stars for any time and place The ice of our winters and of our polar regions is its handiwork, and so equally are the quartz, feldspar, and mica of our rocks. The Voice of Science in Nineteenth-Century Literature Representative Prose and Verse The two polar zones are caps covering both polar regions, and bounded on the side towards the equator by the Arctic and Antarctic circles. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" To polar regions waste and wan, Comes the encroaching race of man, A puny, feeble, little bubber, He has no fur, he has no blubber. Communism and Christianism Analyzed and Contrasted from the Marxian and Darwinian Points of View It is sometimes said that animal food is indispensably necessary in the polar regions. Vegetable Diet: As Sanctioned by Medical Men, and by Experience in All Ages Including a System of Vegetable Cookery Yet it was not miraculous, but a natural product, existing in practically unlimited quantities in the polar regions. Flowers of Freethought (First Series) Yet it was to explore the unknown polar regions that I came; it was for that the Norwegian people gave their money; and surely my first duty is to do that if I can. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I The snow of the polar regions is characteristically fine and dry. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" The instrument through which he regarded the strange world looked out upon the polar regions of that world. Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1931 Gradually, after many ages, the ice and snow in the north and in the far south begin to melt as the warmth from the rest of the world is conducted to the polar regions. Common Science It was a little milder than the previous days had been; the doctor had resumed his studies; he was reading Sir Edward Belcher's account of his expedition in the polar regions. The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras An English Arctic explorer with whom I had some conversation also expressed himself very discouragingly on the subject of life in the polar regions, and combated my cheerful faith in the possibility of preventing scurvy. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I We know that when air is heated it rises, and that the tropical parts of the earth are hotter than the polar regions. Harper's Young People, June 15, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Accordingly, if the moon is on or near the meridian when the observations are made, we shall see the north polar region at the bottom and the south polar region at the top. Pleasures of the telescope An Illustrated Guide for Amateur Astronomers and a Popular Description of the Chief Wonders of the Heavens for General Readers "But where are there volcanoes in the south polar regions?" inquired Tommy. Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930 Hence," said the doctor, "you must admit that America is completely separated from the polar regions, and that the water from the Pacific skirts its whole northern coast, until it reaches the Atlantic. The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras Unseen and untrodden under their spotless mantle of ice the rigid polar regions slept the profound sleep of death from the earliest dawn of time. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I It has not been possible to show the tracks of totality of these two early visitations on account of the distortion of the polar regions consequent on the fiction of Mercator's Projection. Astronomy of To-day A Popular Introduction in Non-Technical Language It has been observed that they occupy a zone extending from 10� to 35� north and south of the solar equator, but are not found in the equatorial and polar regions of the Sun. The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' It was a moonless night, and the air was chill, but they were certainly nowhere near the polar regions, for there was no trace of snow to be seen anywhere. Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930 How strange and wonderful everything seemed in the polar regions! The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras Naturally, these Northmen were not free from the superstitious ideas about the polar regions prevalent in their times. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I It follows of course from this, that objects at the polar regions are slightly nearer to the earth's centre than objects at the equatorial regions. Astronomy of To-day A Popular Introduction in Non-Technical Language The number and variety of the forms which the snowy crystallizations assume seem greatest in the polar regions, and the celebrated scientific navigator Scoresby studied them there with great attention during his various arctic voyages. Harper's Young People, February 10, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly The late N. E. Green's observations at Madeira in 1877 indicated, on the other hand, a rugged south polar region. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition And yet the situation was terrible for these four men and the dying man, abandoned without supplies, alone at the eighty-fourth degree of latitude,* in the very heart of the polar regions. The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras And all the time our real task is to explore the unknown polar regions. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I We may expect some tough struggles when we come to the great grizzly, and to him of the polar regions; but the black bears are, as you conjecture, not so difficult to deal with. Bruin The Grand Bear Hunt Even with an atmosphere the long nights in our polar regions are so cold that only very strong people can endure them, notwithstanding every device for obtaining warmth. To Mars via The Moon An Astronomical Story That the southern polar regions are usually less bright than the northern is well ascertained; but the cause of the deficiency remains dubious. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition The cold, only a few miles out in space, will be far more intense than in the polar regions and its power of preserving the dead body would most probably be correspondingly increased. The Jameson Satellite A degree of latitude measured in polar regions would indicate a diameter greater even than the equatorial; one measured in equatorial regions would indicate a diameter less even than the polar. Myths and Marvels of Astronomy The Esquimaux, a nation inhabiting the polar regions, have a singular fable amongst them respecting the origin of the Dog-Rib Indians, a tribe which inhabits the northern confines of the American continent. Anecdotes of Dogs Northern, or lying under arktos, the Bear; an epithet given to the north polar regions comprised within the arctic circle, a lesser circle of the sphere, very nearly 23° 28′ distant from the north pole. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. What were taken to be the polar regions appeared comparatively dusky. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition The common food of this ferocious creature, however, is the flesh of dead whales, which are frequently seen floating about in the polar regions, and are sometimes cast on shore. Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities. At all parts of the earth's surface, except some parts of the polar regions, one end of a magnet points in a northerly direction and the other in a southerly one. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 15 — Science In this manner I have kept dogs from the polar regions, in comparative comfort, whilst many native-born and neglected have been scalded into fits, paralysis, rabies, or hydrophobia. Anecdotes of Dogs The extraordinary and luminous meteoric phenomenon which by its streaming effulgence cheers the dreary nights of polar regions. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Water seems, nevertheless, to remain, as a rule, uncongealed everywhere outside the polar regions. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition Spitzbergen and the polar regions of our globe are furnaces compared with what must be the Neptunian temperature. Astronomy for Amateurs Other Furs.—The furs employed in the finest garments are in part the pelts of land animals living in polar regions. Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges We may, if we like, bottle up the gases, carry in this form the heat of the battery to the polar regions, and liberate it there. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 The amount of flattening at the polar regions of a planet, by which the polar diameter is less than the equatorial. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Again, certain groups of insects are not found in the polar regions. Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses Their concurrence, when the new one advances from polar regions, does not depress the barometer, except in oscillations of the mercury, which are very remarkable at some such times. Barometer and Weather Guide He ignored the polar regions of Sirene IV, hanging upside down to rearward from the squad ship. A Matter of Importance The ice of our winters, and of our polar regions, is its handiwork, and so also are the quartz, felspar, and mica of our rocks. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 His search for precious metals was fruitless, but he added much to the world's knowledge of polar regions, and he has been remembered in the strait that bears his name. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania This side alone presenting an aspect of extreme desolation, far surpassing our polar regions. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, August, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy |
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