All maps are influenced by the intent and biases of their creator—even those that are striving to be as accurate as possible.

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Aboard a 146-foot explorer, the venture capitalist Tom Schröder and his family has let loose on a global journey of discovery ...

As autumn settled over Antarctica, sea ice began its seasonal return, with NASA capturing striking images of new growth in ...

Satellite data reveal a link between the amount of black carbon in the atmosphere and rates of Antarctic sea ice loss in recent years.

Moscow is accused by pro-Western politicians of interfering in an EU referendum and presidential ballot in Moldova, while in ...

Few have endured what Ejnar Mikkelsen and Iver Iversen did. Abandoned by their ship, these two Danes spent two winters in a ...

A new study shows how the decline of Arctic sea ice is linked to weather patterns across the U.S. and Western Europe.

2024; Rosso et al., 2024; Yang et al., 2024). The Research Topic “Microplastics and Nanoplastics in Polar Areas: Arctic, Antarctica, and the World’s Glaciers” focuses on the pollution caused by MNPs ...

But with global heating and climate change wreaking havoc on the ice caps of Antarctica, researchers are looking to a new map of the south ... that’s only one icy world that could be home ...

A wealthy bitcoin entrepreneur and three fellow adventurers plunged back to Earth aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule Friday, ...

Top Officials of Russia's Nuclear power agency emphasised the need for more nuclear icebreakers, during Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to Atomflot, the Russian Government entity which ...