Video: Mars 360: The North Pole
Enjoy views of the martian north pole from all angles in this new animation from ESA's Mars Express.
Space Exploration
Dec 10, 2013
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News tagged with polar ice cap
Scientist tries to predict rise in ocean levels
Columbia climatologist Maureen Raymo is trying to predict the planet's future by looking to its past.
Earth Sciences
Oct 31, 2013
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Odd Martian crater type made by impacts into ancient ice
Geologists from Brown University have developed a promising new explanation for a mysterious type of crater on the surface on Mars.
Space Exploration
Aug 5, 2013
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Observed changes to Martian surface caused by seasonal thawing of carbon dioxide ice
(Phys.org)—Spring is a dynamic season on the dunes surrounding Mars' north pole. When frozen carbon dioxide, or dry ice, deposited as a winter ice cap on Mars sublimates – changes directly from a solid to a gas – in ...
Space Exploration
Jan 24, 2013
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Novel approach to track migration of arctic-breeding avian species
A group of scientists led by Prof. Oliver P. Love try to determine how snow bunting populations are linked in space and time. Considering that the snow bunting poses an extra challenge to monitor due to its inaccessible breeding ...
Ecology
Jan 15, 2013
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Fractious climate talks enter second week
Countries entered a second week of UN climate talks in Doha deeply divided on key issues even as fresh warnings were issued that rising greenhouse gas levels are putting our planet in peril.
Environment
Dec 3, 2012
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Out of thin Martian air
A wet Mars is just a memory, but where did the water go?
Space Exploration
Aug 23, 2011
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Arctic ice cap near 2007 record minimum: Russia
The polar ice cap in the Arctic has melted to near its 2007 record minimum level and in some areas is 50 percent smaller than average, Russia's environmental monitoring agency said Thursday.
Earth Sciences
Aug 4, 2011
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Ancient fossils hold clues for predicting future climate change, scientists report
(PhysOrg.com) -- By studying fossilized mollusks from some 3.5 million years ago, UCLA geoscientists and colleagues have been able to construct an ancient climate record that holds clues about the long-term effects of Earth's ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 8, 2011
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Satellite Used in Polar Research Enters Retirement
(PhysOrg.com) -- After a long career providing communications support, NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) 1 is retiring. From 1983 to 1998, TDRS-1 allowed NASA to talk to other satellites in orbit. From 1998 ...
Space Exploration
Jun 25, 2010
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