Polar Regions : Discovery News

Arctic Seawater Leaking Methane: Big Pic

Posted Mon May 21, 2012 11:14 AM ET | 0

Methane is wafting off the surface of the Arctic Ocean as sea ice cracks. Read more

Fireballs in the Arctic As Methane Seeps Uncovered

Posted by Alyssa Danigelis Mon May 21, 2012 09:19 AM ET | 0

Ecologists identified more than 150,000 natural methane seeps in the Arctic: A ticking time bomb of greenhouse gas. Read more

Fireballs in the Arctic As Methane Seeps Uncovered

Antarctic Images Reveal Changes in Continent's Ice: Big Pics

Posted Wed May 2, 2012 09:52 AM ET | 0

Automated images of the Antarctic Peninsula are helping scientists monitor changes in the sea ice. Read more

Scientists Issue Call for Arctic Fisheries Plan

Posted by Kieran Mulvaney Tue Apr 24, 2012 11:29 AM ET | 0

Disappearing sea ice could open the Central Arctic Ocean to unregulated fisheries, scientists warn. Read more

Scientists Issue Call for Arctic Fisheries Plan

Extreme Life: Thawing Ice Revives Ancient Bacteria

Posted by Sarah Simpson Thu Apr 19, 2012 09:12 AM ET | 0

Like Han Solo frozen in carbonite, bacteria entombed in polar ice sheets can live in suspended animation. Now they are emerging as the ice melts. Read more

Extreme Life: Thawing Ice Revives Ancient Bacteria

Earth's Orbit Blamed for Ancient Hot Spells

Posted Thu Apr 5, 2012 07:30 AM ET | 0

About 55 million years ago, Earth's orbit triggered a melting of the Arctic permafrost and a release of carbon dioxide that warmed the planet. Read more

Arctic Sea Ice Hits Maximum Extent for 2012

Posted by Kieran Mulvaney Wed Mar 28, 2012 06:41 AM ET | 0

Arctic sea ice begins its spring melt and continues its overall decline. Read more

Arctic Sea Ice Hits Maximum Extent for 2012

Big Vid: Ocean Currents Around the World

Posted Tue Mar 27, 2012 12:53 PM ET | 0

A modern Van Gogh? A recently released video of Earth's surface currents has heads and eddies spinning. Read more

Global Gnome Weighs in on Earth's Weird Gravity

Posted Thu Mar 22, 2012 06:38 AM ET | 0

One little globe-trotting garden gnome is getting a lesson in Earth's gravity. His latest voyage took him to the South Pole. Read more

Incredible Animals of Frozen Planet

Posted Tue Mar 20, 2012 01:30 PM ET | 0

The debut of "Frozen Planet" brought to light the beauty of Earth's polar regions and the animals that inhabit them. Read more

The debut of Frozen Planet brought to light the beauty of Earth's polar regions, and the animals who inhabit them.

Film First: Wolves vs. Bison

Posted by Christina Reed Fri Mar 16, 2012 12:52 PM ET | 0

A life-and-death fight like none other between a pack of wolves and a herd of bison airs as part of Discovery's Frozen Planet series Sunday, March 18. Read more

Brinicle: The Icy Finger of Death: Big Video

Posted Thu Mar 15, 2012 02:45 PM ET | 0

The brinicle phenomena, captured for the first time on film during the shooting of Discovery's Frozen Planet series will air Sunday, March 18 at 8 p.m. ET. Read more

Greenland Ice Going Faster Than Thought

Posted Tue Mar 13, 2012 11:17 AM ET | 0

A new estimate reduces the heat necessary, and consequently the time it will take, to melt all of Greenland's ice sheet. Read more

Predictor of Ozone Destruction Dead

Posted by Kieran Mulvaney Mon Mar 12, 2012 12:28 PM ET | 0

F. Sherwood Rowland, who won a Nobel Prize for his discovery that CFCs could destroy the ozone layer, has died at 84. Read more

Alien Invaders Hitchhiking to Antarctica

Posted by Sarah Simpson Mon Mar 5, 2012 03:00 PM ET | 0

Each visitor transports fewer than 10 seeds on average, but the 30,000+ Antarctic visitors per year has been sufficient for invasive species to gain more than a foothold. Read more