Insects and the Lack of Water in Polar Areas
March 15, 2013 | National Science Foundation
"Although they live in similarly extreme ecosystems at opposite ends of the world, Antarctic insects... Using the Yeti Robot in Polar Field Work
March 7, 2013 | National Science Foundation
"A century after Western explorers first crossed the dangerous landscapes of the Arctic and Antarctic,... Algal Blooms Under Arctic Ice
June 11, 2012 | Stanford University
"A massive phytoplankton bloom has been found underneath the Arctic pack ice in the Chukchi... Antarctic Ozone Hole Second Smallest in 20 Years
October 30, 2012 | NASA
"The average area covered by the Antarctic ozone hole this year was the second smallest... Instability of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet
May 16, 2012 | University of Texas at Austin
"Using ice-penetrating radar instruments flown on aircraft, a team of scientists from the U.S. and... Earthquakes Within the Antarctic Ice Sheet
September 14, 2012 | Penn State
"Analysis of small, repeating earthquakes in an Antarctic ice sheet may not only lead to... Carbon Sequestration in Western Ecosystems
December 6, 2012 | Department of the Interior
"Forests, grasslands and shrublands and other ecosystems in the West sequester nearly 100 million tons... Melting Glaciers and Sea Level Rise
May 19, 2013 | University of Colorado Boulder
"While 99 percent of Earth’s land ice is locked up in the Greenland and Antarctic... | 
