Chinese researchers have systematically assessed the critical role of polar regions in achieving global sustainable development goals, noting that the polar regions may have already emerged as a ...

Scientists in the Arctic and Antarctica say humans are triggering climate change, warning that shrinking glaciers and icecaps in relatively unexplored polar regions could impact humanity and the ...

A systematic assessment in a recent study has shed light on the crucial role that polar regions play in achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The study, published in ...

The polar vortex is a whirling cone of low pressure over the poles that's strongest in the winter months due to the increased temperature contrast between the polar regions and the mid-latitudes ...

The extreme light environment of the Earth's polar regions fosters unique conditions that could play a crucial role in maintaining global biodiversity over time, a new study by Finnish researchers ...

(Blue Origin Illustration) NASA says it has penciled in Blue Origin’s Blue Moon MK1 cargo lander to deliver a scientific payload to the moon’s south polar region as soon as this summer.

SpaceX is gearing up for one of its most unique missions yet, launching four private astronauts into polar orbit to observe the planet’s most remote regions from above. The Fram2 mission, named ...

Four space explorers will launch with SpaceX next week on a polar orbital mission that could unlock a new area in space for future spaceflights.

THERE is now a vast literature of the polar regions, both north and south, but the proportion of those books and papers which deal with the subject on a broad basis is very small, and is certainly ...

A private space mission operated by SpaceX will become the first crewed voyage designed specifically to explore Earth’s polar regions.