"Last winter temp at the South Pole reached -106º F. To get any ice to melt, would need to raise the average daily temperature from -58 to +32° F (melting point of ice), plus another ~10° F = a ...

Europe's Mars Express and Trace Gas Orbiter missions captured a variety of cryptic surface features poking through melting ice across the Red Planet's south pole as spring hit the region.

All the latest breaking news on South Pole. Browse Newsweek archives of photos, videos and articles on ... Two hundred years later and it approaches a tipping point of irreversible glacial melt.

In comparison, the North Pole is light. Melting of South Polar ice may account for the axial wobbling that the Earth goes through during its revolution. Commander Byrd will try to find out.

Jules Verne sent his fictional submarine, the Nautilus, to the South Pole through a hidden ocean beneath a thick ice cap. New research sheds light on how ocean currents contribute to melting in ...

While areas of the Arctic experience temperatures 50 degrees above normal, at the same time, weather stations near the South Pole logged readings roughly 70 degrees warmer than average.

The fifth-largest continent, the magical Antarctica, which dominates the South Pole in all its mysterious isolation, began to form as an ice sheet 34-35 million. E-PAPER; ... Melting the facts.