Dossier
polar regions
Coverage of polar regions in the Nexus archive.
- As ice melts in the Arctic, some deep-sea creatures are thriving
The melting of Arctic ice is allowing some deep-sea creatures to thrive, despite the catastrophic effects of glacier melting on surface animals in polar regions.
- The Road to Space Runs through the Poles
Svalbard, a remote Arctic archipelago in Norway, hosts the highest-latitude satellite ground station on Earth, critical for global navigation and weather forecasting. The polar regions (Arctic and Antarctic) are highlighted as essential for humanity's growing reliance on space infrastructure.