The Antarctic Circumpolar Current has accelerated before, and recent findings confirm it's happening again. It carries more ...

Ocean sediment cores reveal climate-related fluctuations in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current in past epochs. The Antarctic ...

Researchers have published a comprehensive sonic survey of the blue whale in the Antarctic: it covers almost 3,900 hours of ...

It was "Arktos" to the ancient Greeks. (The word "arctic" today relates to the connection between these circumpolar stars and northern latitudes.) And some Native American tribes saw three hunters ...

Miranda Krestovnikoff looks at how the ancient Egyptians used precise calculations in building the pyramids in this KS2 ...

Eilís has reported from the Arctic regions of all eight circumpolar countries and has produced numerous documentary and ...

In positive news for the endangered blue whale, an analysis released by researchers in Australia, detected unique "song ...

Scientists spent 15 years listening to blue whales in the Antarctic using special buoys that can detect whale calls.

According to a 2022 review in the International Journal of Circumpolar Health, the increased muscle activity of shivering causes a rise in metabolic rate, helping you to burn more calories at rest.

There’s more good news because since Ursa Minor is a circumpolar constellation—i.e., it’s “up” all night—you can start watching for “shooting stars” as soon as it gets dark (not so ...

located 3,400 light-years away in the northern circumpolar constellation Perseus. The photogenic nebula is a favorite target of amateur astronomers. M76 is classified as a planetary nebula ...