Viruses play a major role in the functioning of ecosystems. They profoundly influence the dynamics of microbial communities, ...

Polar regions contain vast, undiscovered biodiversity but are both the most threatened and least-understood areas of the world. Now scientists led by the University of East Anglia (UEA) and the ...

Arctic communities are increasingly exposed to dangerous weather events due to climate change and rely on accurate weather ...

Why are they called polar dinosaurs? The part of Australia in which we find these dinosaurs was still attached to Antarctica ...

Mercury, the smallest planet in the solar system and the closest to the Sun, harbors frozen water inside polar craters that ...

Scientists have released the most detailed polar region terrain maps ever created. Credit: Polar Geospatial Center/University of Minnesota/Maxar/ National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency A team of ...

As representatives of the world’s nations gather in Madrid at COP 25 this week to discuss global warming policy, a comprehensive new report shows how climate change is disproportionately affecting the ...

Greenland, July 2008. The Arctic has already reached the 2 degrees Celsius warming milestone during some months of the year. (Eric Post/UC Davis) With 2019 on pace as one of the warmest years on ...

Many species will become extinct as a consequence of global warming. This is the prediction of a mathematical model. The simulations show that climate change will have a particularly large impact on ...

Paratroopers participate in U.S. Northern Command's Exercise Arctic Edge 20 at the Donnelly drop zone in Fort Greely, Alaska, on Feb. 29, 2020. (Staff Sgt. Diana Cossaboom/U.S. Air Force) In the fall ...