Boaty McBoatface is one of three Autosub Long Range vehicles being developed and tested to travel under ice to study the world’s polar regions, according to the NOC. The vehicles are able to return to ...

Polar orbits are favoured for their ability to map the entire Earth's surface over time, making them critical for weather monitoring, climate research, and reconnaissance. Listen to Story Polar orbits ...

Polar sea ice has reached record, and near-record, lows for this time of year, pushing the pace of global warming and alarming scientists. The just declared 2025 Arctic sea ice extent winter ...

“To address our needs as a society for electric vehicles and energy storage, we are coming up with more environmental challenges,” said Amanchukwu, Neubauer Family Assistant Professor of Molecular ...

SpaceX's mission to launch the first astronauts into polar orbit is quickly approaching. Named for the Norwegian seafaring ship Fram, which completed expeditions of the Arctic and Antarctic ...

A new study reported on by the Guardian has confirmed what climate scientists have feared for years: Earth's glaciers are melting at a record-breaking pace. Glaciers worldwide are vanishing at an ...

Arête Glacier Initiative has raised $5 million to improve forecasts of sea-level rise and explore the possibility of refreezing glaciers in place.

Within hours, research came to a standstill. Labs fell eerily silent, and my group chat with friends at UChicago exploded with confusion as students wondered what would happen to their research ...