The polar ice caps cover the North and South Poles and their surrounding territory, including the entire continent of Antarctica in the south, the Arctic Ocean, the northern part of Greenland, parts of northern Canada, and bits of Siberia and...

A polar ice cap or polar ice sheet is a high-latitude region of a planet or moon that is covered in ice. There are no requirements with respect to size or composition for a body of ice to be termed a polar ice cap, nor any geological requirement for it...

The conventional wisdom about global warming holds that the polar ice caps are melting. Enormous chunks of ice will break off the Antarctic mainland and float into the sea to melt, sending water levels rising around the world, inundating seaside cities and submerging...

Chilling news: Experts worry polar ice cap losing mass Icescape could melt away by 2050, researchers say By WALTER GIBBS New York Times News Service Monday, July 17, 2000 Oslo, Norway -- The mythic icescape that stretches south in...

Woody Harrelson called for more anti-oil activism at a media and technology conference Thursday, though he declined to say how far he was willing to go personally as a protester."In spite of the fact that there's an increase in awareness of what's going on in...

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is airing his second television ad in New Hampshire this week, appealing to the state's environmental sensitivity with a call for reduced dependency on foreign oil and increased fuel efficiency for cars.The 30-second ad comes just days after Obama unveiled...

This is about the polar ice world. It contains information on its climate, animals, etc.