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

Sea ice cover in both the Antarctic and Arctic remained far below average throughout February as global average temperatures ...

In the Arctic, meanwhile, the total area covered by ice increases through the northern hemisphere's winter, usually reaching its maximum extent in early March. So although Arctic sea ice extent ...

THE GREENLAND ICE CAP IS NOW THE THE LARGEST CONTRIBUTOR TO GLOBAL SEA LEVEL RISE ... UNUSUAL AT THAT INTERFACE IN THE FJORDS OF NORTHERN GREENLAND. IN SOME FJORDS, ICE TONGUES LIKE THIS WERE ...

Together, the group has been able to determine the Red Planet’s interior structure and assess the age of its northern polar ice cap. The north pole of Mars is covered by a 1000-kilometre-wide, ...

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

Currently, the Northern Sea Route is only navigable for a limited time every year, during ice-free periods. But as the polar ice caps continue to melt, some estimates suggest the route could ...

Global sea ice hit a record low for February, with Arctic and Antarctic ice levels far below average. Rising global ...

Russia pushes ahead with plans to ensure year-round navigation along the Northern Sea Route ... channels as wide as possible through the sea ice for oil and gas tankers to follow in its wake.

The team concluded that the Martian northern polar cap is quite young, and it's depressing the ground underneath. "We show that the ice sheet pushes the underlying ground into the mantle at a rate ...