This ice-free region, or polynya, stayed open for three full winters before it closed. Subsequent research showed that the opening was maintained as relatively warm waters churned upward from ...

An area known as the "Last Ice" in the Arctic had developed a huge hole, causing concern among researchers for the area considered to have the oldest and thickest ice in the region. The hole in the ...

In the mid-1970s a large ice-free area in the Weddell Sea east of the Antarctic Peninsula was observed by satellites during winter. Now, 40 years later, the phenomenon shows up again. Its recurrence ...

A massive hole opened in the middle of the frozen Weddell Sea of Antarctica last month. Persistent areas of open water in places where you'd expect sea ice, such as in the Arctic and Antarctic, are ...

Thanks to its usefulness as an indicator of how badly humans are messing up the Earth with global warming, scientists like to keep a pretty close eye on the ice in Antarctica. Now, a massive hole the ...

The flukes of a narwhal in Baffin Bay polynya. Photo taken june 10, 1995. Source - Ansgar Walk, CC SA 2.5. The flukes of a narwhal in Baffin Bay polynya. Photo taken june 10, 1995. Source - Ansgar ...

On Dec. 11, 1972, at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the U.S. government launched an unmanned satellite named Nimbus V, one of the first satellites sent to observe Earth from space. In 1974, ...

A new study has unraveled the four decade long mystery surrounding the occurrence of a mid-sea Polynya -- a body of unfrozen ocean that appeared within a thick body of ice during Antarctica's winter ...

Abu Dhabi, April 24, 2019: A study led by NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) Research Scientist Diana Francis has unraveled the four decade long mystery surrounding the occurrence of a mid-sea Polynya - a body of ...

During Antarctica's winter, a massive hole appeared in the thick ice, baffling scientists who observed this phenomenon twice in as many years. The massive hole spread to be as large as the state of ...

Currently, winter has still a firm grip on Antarctica. At this time of the year, the Weddell Sea usually is covered with a thick layer of sea ice. In spite of the icy temperatures in the region, ...